Max Rippon

Max Rippon
Personal information
Full name	Maxwell George Rippon
Date of birth	11 October 1920
Date of death	12 July 1985 (aged 64)[1]
Original team(s)	Heatherton
Height / weight	165 cm / 61 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1943 1944 1945–1947 Total	Fitzroy South Melbourne St Kilda	02 (0) 04 (0) 41 (4) 47 (4)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.

Maxwell George Rippon (11 October 1920 – 12 July 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy, South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Rippon was a wingman, who arrived at Fitzroy from Heatherton. He didn't have much impact in his one season stints with Fitzroy and South Melbourne but was a regular fixture in the St Kilda team for three seasons.^[2] While at St Kilda in 1945 he had a teammate, Ted Rippon, who was his uncle.^[3] In 1946 he represented Victoria in an interstate fixture against South Australia. Once he left the VFL he continued his football career in the Victorian Football Association, with Brighton.^[4]

References

1. Max Rippon's grave
2. AFL Tables: Max Rippon
3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
4. The Argus,"Carlton Man Declared North Player", 20 May 1948, p. 12