Edward Charles Rippon (29 April 1914 – 12 December 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon—and for St Kilda after World War II began to draw to a close—in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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).
[3] Employed as a policeman from 1935 to 1945, Rippon played for the Police Force team in the Wednesday competition.
Ted Rippon later spent two seasons with St Kilda (1944–1945) and played 17 senior games.
[4] Rippon was also a football commentator on both radio (3AW) and television (HSV 7 Melbourne's World of Sport).