Norm Rippon
Australian rules footballer
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Norman Butterworth 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]
St Kilda, Victoria
Wonthaggi, Victoria
| Norm Rippon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Norman Butterworth Rippon | ||
| Born |
10 January 1878 St Kilda, Victoria | ||
| Died |
7 November 1977 (aged 99) Wonthaggi, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Caulfield Juniors | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1898 | Melbourne | 1 (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 (1845-1897),[2] and Lucretia Eliza Rippon (1848-1899), née Butterworth,[3][4] Norman Butterworth Rippon was born at St Kilda, Victoria on 10 January 1878.[5]
His brothers, Les and Harold, also played for Melbourne in the VFL.
Rippon married Margaret Wilhelmina Paul (1884-1926), at Myrtleford, Victoria, on 1 July 1916.[6] He married Alice Victoria Hansen (1892-1965), at Bayswater, Victoria, on 20 November 1926.[7] 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.[8]
