Max Oppy

Max Oppy
Personal information
Full name	William Max Oppy
Date of birth	(1924-10-14)14 October 1924
Date of death
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 (29)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1956	Richmond	18 (6–12–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954 season.
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

• 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