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 career^1
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

1. Holmesby (2014), p.751.
2. Local Wedding, The Myrtleford Mail and Whorouly Witness, (Thursday, 6 July 1916), p.1.
3. Marriages: Rippon—Hansen, The Age, (Monday, 17 January 1927), p.1.
4. Militia Man Killed: Promising Cricketer, The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate, (Thursday, 26 January 1939), p.1; Side of Truck Collapses: Militiaman Killed, The Argus, (Thursday, 26 January 1939), p.1.

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.

External links

• Norm Rippon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Norm Rippon at AustralianFootball.com
• Norm Rippon, demonwiki.org.