Max Oppy

Max Oppy
Personal information
Full name	William Max Oppy
Date of birth	(1924-10-14)14 October 1924
Date of death	25 November 2008(2008-11-25) (aged 84)
Original team(s)	Kew FC
Height / weight	175 cm / 80.5 kg
Position(s)	Defender, Rover
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1942–1954	Richmond	185^[1] (29)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1956	Richmond	18 (6–12–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Career highlights
Richmond Premiership Player 1943 Interstate Games:- 4 Richmond – Hall of Fame – inducted 2004

William "Max" Oppy (14 October 1924 – 25 November 2008) was an Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1942 and 1954 for the Richmond Football Club. He was senior coach of Richmond in 1956.

Oppy, who was recruited from Kew, started his career as a rover at Richmond and played in their 1943 premiership side. The following season he was pushed into defence by Jack Dyer and soon established a place in the side as a specialist back pocket, participating in a losing Grand Final at the year's end. He represented the VFL at interstate matches four times

After retiring from football in 1954, Oppy returned to Richmond two years later and replaced Alby Pannam as senior coach. They managed just six wins, finishing in tenth position, which meant Oppy wasn't kept on in 1957.

He was the cousin of Dick Reynolds and Tom Reynolds. He was also a cousin of murdered lawyer Keith William Allan.

References

↑ "AFL Tables - Max Oppy - Stats - Statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 October 2014.

Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

Max Oppy's profile from AustralianFootball.com
Richmond Football Club – Hall of Fame

Richmond Football Club 1943 VFL premiers

Richmond 12.14 (86) defeated Essendon 11.15 (81), at Princes Park

1. Durham 2. Edwards 3. Ablett 4. Steele 5. Barr-Kemp 6. Scott 9. Perkins 10. Cahill 13. Waldron 14. Oppy 16. Hunt 17. Dyer (c) 20. Harris 22. Merrett 23. Bawden 24. Broadstock 25. Quinn 29. Randall 31. Maguire

Coach: Dyer

Coaches of the Richmond Football Club

1908–1909: Condon 1910: Hall 1911: Incigneri 1912: C. Pannam 1913: Jenkins 1914–1916: Ricketts 1917: Maybury 1918: Nolan 1919: Clark 1920–1925: Minogue 1926: Morris 1927–1932: Hughes 1933: Schmidt 1934–1940: Bentley 1937: Titus 1941–1952: Dyer 1941: Titus 1953–1955: A. Pannam 1956: Oppy 1957–1960: McDonald 1961–1963: Rowe 1964: Harris 1964–1965: Smith 1965: Titus 1966–1976: Hafey 1971: Howell 1976–1978: Richardson 1979–1981: Jewell 1982–1983: Bourke 1984: Patterson 1985: Sproule 1985–1987: Jewell 1988–1991: Bartlett 1992: Jeans 1993–1995: Northey 1996–1997: Walls 1997–1999: Gieschen 2000–2004: Frawley 2005–2009: Wallace 2009: Rawlings 2010–: Hardwick

Italics denote caretaker coach

1947 Sporting Life Team of the Year

Defenders Max Oppy (Richmond) Shane McGrath (Melbourne) Perc Bushby (Essendon) Wally Lock (Melbourne) Wally Buttsworth (Essendon) Bert Deacon (Carlton)

Midfielders Sam Gallagher (Norwood) Ern Henfry (Carlton) Billy King (South Melbourne)

Forwards Bill Hutchison (Essendon) Gordon Lane (Essendon) Bob Hank (West Torrens) Jack Howell (Carlton) Fred Fanning (Melbourne) Lou Richards (Collingwood)

Followers Merv McIntosh (Perth) Don Cordner (Melbourne) Bob Quinn (Port Adelaide) (Captain)

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