Norm Rippon

Norman Butterworth "Norm" Rippon (10 January 1878 – 7 November 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Norm Rippon
Personal information
Full name Norman Butterworth Rippon
Date of birth (1878-01-10)10 January 1878
Place of birth St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death 7 November 1977(1977-11-07) (aged 99)
Place of death Wonthaggi, Victoria
Original team(s) Caulfield Juniors
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Centre
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1898 Melbourne 01 (0)
1901–04 South Melbourne 36 (2)
Total 37 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Samuel Rippon, and Lucretia Eliza Rippon, née Butterworth, Norman Butterworth Rippon was born at St Kilda, Victoria on 10 January 1878.

His brothers, Les and Harold, also played for Melbourne in the VFL.

He married Margaret Wilhelmina Paul (1884-1926), at Myrtleford, Victoria, on 1 July 1916.[2] He married Alice Victoria Hansen (1892-1965), at Bayswater, Victoria, on 20 November 1926.[3] His son, Norman, a promising cricketer, who worked on his father's farm at Kongwak, in Gippsland, Victoria was killed in a motor accident in 1939.[4]

Footnotes

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References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • South Melbourne Team, Punch, (Thursday, 4 June 1903), p.16.
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