For his son, who plays for Richmond in the 2020s, see Maurice Rioli Jr.
Australian rules footballer
Maurice Rioli
Rioli in 1982
Personal information
Full name
Maurice Joseph Rioli Tipakalippa
Date of birth
(1957-09-01)1 September 1957
Place of birth
Melville Island, Northern Territory
Date of death
25 December 2010(2010-12-25) (aged 53)
Place of death
Darwin, Northern Territory
Original team(s)
St Mary's (NTFL)
Height
176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight
85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb)
Playing career1
Years
Club
Games (Goals)
1975–81, 1988–90
South Fremantle
163 (129)[1][2]
1982–87
Richmond
118 0 (80)
Total
281 (209)
Representative team honours
Years
Team
Games (Goals)
1978–88
Western Australia
14 (8)
1988
Northern Territory
3 (?)
Total
17
Coaching career3
Years
Club
Games (W–L–D)
1994
Indigenous All-Stars
(1–0–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1990.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1994.
Career highlights
Club
WAFL premiership: 1980
2x Richmond best and fairest: 1982–1983
Norm Smith Medal: 1982
2x Simpson Medal (for Grand Final): 1980–1981
VFL team of the year: 1983
Representative
National Football Carnival Championship (Div 1): 1979
National Football Carnival Championship (Div 2): 1988
3x All-Australian team: 1983, 1986, 1988
Simpson Medal: 1983
Western Australia captain: 1987
Northern Territory captain: 1988
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Maurice Joseph Rioli Sr. (1 September 1957 – 25 December 2010)[3] was an Australian rules footballer who represented St Mary's Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL), South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Richmond in the Victorian Football League.
Acknowledged as one of the greatest players of his era, Rioli was one of the first Indigenous Australian footballers to have a significant impact on Victorian football, and was named in the centre for the Indigenous Team of the Century. A highly skilled and solidly built centreman with exquisite ball-handling skills and lightning reflexes, Rioli was a renowned performer on the big stage.[4]
After retiring from football, Rioli became a politician in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, and then worked in community services on the Tiwi Islands.
^"Premiership Players 1931 – 2009". WA Football.
^ These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.
^Varghese, Sam (25 December 2010). "Maurice Rioli dead". Melbourne: The Age. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
^Whitelaw, Anna (26 December 2010). "Tigers great Rioli dies". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax Media. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
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