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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 | 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 | |||
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.
He 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]
Footnotes
- Holmesby (2014), p.751.
- Deaths: Rippon, The Argus, (Monday, 13 December 1897), p.1.
- Marriages: Rippon—Butterworth, The Argus, (Friday, 25 August 1871), p.4.
- Deaths: Rippon, The Age, (Tuesday, 26 September 1899), p.1.
- Births: Rippon, The Argus, (Thursday, 17 January 1878), p.1.
- Local Wedding, The Myrtleford Mail and Whorouly Witness, (Thursday, 6 July 1916), p.1.
- Marriages: Rippon—Hansen, The Age, (Monday, 17 January 1927), p.1.
- 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.
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