| Harold Rippon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Harold Holt Rippon | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1874 | ||
| Place of birth | Abbotsford, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 16 January 1917(1917-01-16) (aged 42) | ||
| Place of death | Albert, Somme,France | ||
| Original team(s) | Caulfield | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1898–1900 | Melbourne | 5 (0) | |
| 1903 | South Melbourne | 5 (0) | |
| Total | 10 (0) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903. | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Harold Holt Rippon (23 February 1874 – 16 January 1917) was anAustralian rules footballer who played withMelbourne andSouth Melbourne in theVictorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of Samuel Rippon (1845-1897),[2] and Lucretia Eliza Rippon (1848-1899), née Butterworth,[3][4] Harold Holt Rippon was born atAbbotsford, Victoria on 23 February 1874.[5]
His brothers,Les andNorm, also played for Melbourne in the VFL.
Rippon played in four senior games for Melbourne in 1898 -- including thematch against St Kilda, at the Junction Oval, on 3 September 1898, where he appeared with both his brothers, Les and Norm[6] -- and in one game,the match against St Kilda, at the Junction Oval on 5 May 1900, where he played as a replacement for his brother, Les.
In 1903 he was cleared from Melbourne to South Melbourne.[7] He played in 5 senior games in 1903[8] -- in four of which his brother, Norm, also played.
He playedSub-District Cricket for the Caulfield Cricket Club.[9]
He was a private in the2nd Pioneer Battalion duringWorld War I.
He died on 16 January 1917 from the wounds he sustained on 14 January 1917, while fighting in theWestern Front.[10][11][12]
He is buried atHeilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe.[13]
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