Family
In 1972, Maurice's older brother Sebastian Rioli, became one of the first Aboriginal footballers from the Northern Territory to move to Western Australia to play football for South Fremantle. Maurice followed in 1975 and became the most successful footballer of the eight Rioli brothers. Brothers Cyril Jr and Willie also played league football for South Fremantle, and John, Manny and Laurence also moved to Fremantle, but returned to Darwin without playing senior football. Willie was drafted by Hawthorn in 1990, but did not make his AFL debut. Maurice is the uncle of current Hawthorn player Cyril Rioli (son of Cyril Jr) and former Essendon player Dean Rioli (son of Sebastian).
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