Ted Rippon
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| Personal information | |
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| Birth | April 29, 1914, |
| Recruited from | Cheltenham |
| Height and weight | 184 cm / 83 kg |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Debut | July 22, 1933 (round 13), Essendon vs. St Kilda, at St. Kilda Cricket Ground |
| Team(s) | Essendon (1933-1939)
St Kilda (1944-1945)
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| ¹ Statistics to end of 1945 season | |
| Career highlights | |
* 1935: Most Servicable Player (Essendon)
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Edward C. "Ted" Rippon (born April 29, 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.[1]
He was also a football commentator on both radio (3AW) and television (HSV 7 Melbourne's "World of Sport").
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Miller, Petraitis & Jeremiah, (1997), p.132.
[edit] 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 0-646-31616-8
