Ron Reiffel is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Richmond

Richmond Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Reiffel made three appearances for Richmond in both the 1951 and 1952 league seasons.

He is the son of Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

 and South Melbourne

Sydney Swans

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 player Lou Reiffel

Lou Reiffel

Lou Reiffel was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

. His own son, Paul Reiffel

Paul Reiffel

Paul Ronald Reiffel is a former Australian cricketer who played in 35 Tests and 92 ODIs from 1992 to 1999. He was part of Australia's victorious 1999 World Cup team. After retirement he became a First Class cricket umpire.-Playing career:Reiffel's career best bowling figures of 6-71 came at...

, is an Australian cricket umpire and former Test

Test cricket

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 player. A daughter, Sarah Ashmore, plays netball with the Melbourne Phoenix

Melbourne Phoenix

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.

Reiffel is the curator of the Richmond Football Club Museum.