- Ted Rippon
Infobox afl player | firstname = Ted
lastname = Rippon
birthdate = 29 April 1914
birthplace =
originalteam = Cheltenham
heightweight = 184 cm / 83 kg
dead =
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 22 July 1933 (round 13)
debutteam = Essendon
debutopponent = St Kilda
debutstadium = St. Kilda Cricket Ground
playingteams = Essendon (1933-1939)
* 69 games, 12 goals
St Kilda (1944-1945)
* 17 games, 19 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 1945
careerhighlights =
* 1935: Most Servicable Player (Essendon)
* Vice-president Essendon F.C. (1950-1956)Edward C. "Ted" Rippon (born 29 April 1914) was an
Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon prior to his World War II service for St Kilda after the war in the VFL.Ted Rippon was recruited by Carlton from Cheltenham, however a series of injuries prevented him from breaking into Carlton Seniors.
He moved to Essendon in 1933, and made his senior debut against St Kilda on 22 July, 1933 (round 13 of the home-and-away season). He was a good, hard working, reliable player for Essendon, winning Essendon's Most Serviceable Player award in 1935, who played the most of his 69 senior games in the ruck.
He was often referred to as "Autumn Leaves" because of his propensity to fall over after contesting the ball in the air (Carlton's
John Benetti (1958-1965) was also known as "Autumn Leaves Benetti" for a similar reason).After the war, Ted he spent two seasons with St Kilda (1944-1945), and played 17 senior games.
Ted served on the Essendon Football Club Committee as Vice-President from 1950 to 1956.
He was a
pallbearer at his business associate John Coleman's funeral on 9 April 1973. [Miller, Petraitis & Jeremiah, (1997), p.132.]He was also a football commentator on both radio (3AW) and television (HSV 7 Melbourne's "World of Sport").
Footnotes
References
* Maplestone, M., "Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996", Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-959-17402-8
* Miller, W., Petraitis, V. & Jeremiah, V., "The Great John Coleman", Nivar Press, (Cheltenham), 1997. ISBN 0-646-31616-8External links
* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/T/Ted_Rippon.html AFL Statistics: Ted Rippon]
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/r.htm#Edward%20Rippon%20(Essendon%20&%20St%20Kilda) Full Points Footy Profile: Ted Rippon]
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