Norm Rippon | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Norman Butterworth Rippon | ||
Date of birth | 10 January 1878 | ||
Place of birth | St Kilda, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 7 November 1977 | (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 | 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 |
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]
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]
Norm Rippon | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Norman Butterworth Rippon | ||
Date of birth | 10 January 1878 | ||
Place of birth | St Kilda, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 7 November 1977 | (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 | 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 |
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]
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]