Norm Rippon

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]

Norm Rippon
Personal information
Full name Norman Butterworth Rippon
Date of birth (1878-01-10)10 January 1878
Place of birth St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death 7 November 1977(1977-11-07) (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 01 (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.

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]

Footnotes
  1. Holmesby (2014), p.751.
  2. Deaths: Rippon, The Argus, (Monday, 13 December 1897), p.1.
  3. Marriages: Rippon—Butterworth, The Argus, (Friday, 25 August 1871), p.4.
  4. Deaths: Rippon, The Age, (Tuesday, 26 September 1899), p.1.
  5. Births: Rippon, The Argus, (Thursday, 17 January 1878), p.1.
  6. Local Wedding, The Myrtleford Mail and Whorouly Witness, (Thursday, 6 July 1916), p.1.
  7. Marriages: Rippon—Hansen, The Age, (Monday, 17 January 1927), p.1.
  8. 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.
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