Epis was born and raised in the Western Australian goldfields town of Boulder.
[1] Both his father, Virgilio, and mother, Giusefina (née Borlini), hailed from the Province of Bergamo in northern Italy.
[1] Epis made his name as a promising player in the Goldfields National Football League (GNFL) with the Mines Rovers club, winning the Fletcher Medal in 1955.
It was taken over by James Aforozis, but Epis has continued as a consultant to the business.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1930s is a stub.