Les Rippon

Les Rippon
Personal information
Full name	Leslie Herbert Rippon
Date of birth	(1875-12-30)30 December 1875
Place of birth	St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death	27 September 1949(1949-09-27) (aged 73)
Place of death	Ararat, Victoria
Original team(s)	Caulfield juniors[1]
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898–1902	Melbourne	55 (6)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902.
Career highlights
VFL premiership player: 1900
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leslie Herbert 'Les' Rippon (30 December 1875 – 27 September 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He became one of the club's first premiership players, playing in the 1900 VFL Grand Final, under the captaincy of Dick Wardill. Rippon made his debut against Essendon in round 1 of the 1898 VFL season, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[2]

Family

The son of Samuel Rippon (1845-1897),[3] and Lucretia Eliza Rippon (1848-1899), née Butterworth,[4][5] Leslie Herbert Rippon was born at St Kilda, Victoria on 30 December 1875.[6]

His brothers, Norm and Harold, also played for Melbourne in the VFL.

References

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
2. "Heritage Numbers – 0 – 500". Melbourne Football Club. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
3. Deaths: Rippon, The Argus, (Monday, 13 December 1897), p.1.
4. Marriages: Rippon—Butterworth, The Argus, (Friday, 25 August 1871), p.4.
5. Deaths: Rippon, The Age, (Tuesday, 26 September 1899), p.1.
6. Births: Rippon, The Age, (Thursday, 6 January 1876), p.2.

External links

• Les Rippon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Les Rippon at AustralianFootball.com
• Demonwiki profile