Willis Rippon

Willis Rippon
Personal information
Date of birth (1888-12-02)2 December 1888
Place of birth Beighton, England
Date of death 16 March 1956(1956-03-16) (aged 67)[1]
Place of death Rotherham, England[2]
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hackenthorpe
Rawmarsh Albion
Sandhill Rovers
Kilnhurst Town
1907–1910 Bristol City 36 (13)
1910 Woolwich Arsenal 9 (2)
1911–1912 Brentford 24 (17)
1912–1913 Hamilton Academical 39 (22)
1913–1914 Grimsby Town 23 (12)
Rotherham County
Rotherham Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Willis Rippon (2 December 1888 – 16 March 1956) was an English professional football centre forward who played in the Football League for Bristol City, Grimsby Town and Woolwich Arsenal.[1][3] He also had a notable spell in Scotland with Hamilton Academical, scoring 22 goals in 39 league appearances.[2]

Personal life

Rippon's brother Pip was also a footballer and both were on the books together at Woolwich Arsenal and Grimsby Town.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 72. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 "RIPPON, Willis (1912) - Hamilton Academical Memory Bank". www.acciesmemorybank.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  3. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 361. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. Ltd., Rippleffect. "Hoyte brothers could join a select group". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
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