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Max Rippon Personal information Full name Maxwell George Rippon Date of birth 11 October 1920 Original team Heatherton Height/Weight 165 cm / 61 kg Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1943
1944
1945-1947
Total -Fitzroy
South Melbourne
St Kilda2 (0)
4 (0)
41 (4)
47 (4)1 Playing statistics to end of 1947 season .Max Rippon (born 11 October 1920) 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.[1]
While at St Kilda in 1945 he had a teammate, Ted Rippon, who was his uncle.[2]
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.[3]
References
- ^ AFL Tables: Max Rippon
- ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ The Argus,"Carlton Man Declared North Player", 20 May 1948, p. 12
Categories:- 1920 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Fitzroy Football Club players
- Sydney Swans players
- St Kilda Football Club players
- Brighton Football Club players
- Living people
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