His younger brother John Fidge also played for Melbourne. The vector clocks algorithm was independently developed by Colin Fidge and Friedemann Mattern in 1988. Scarpino's long-time sidekick was Ron "Fidge" Huffman, known for having dwarfism. In 1652 a Shrewsbury peacher named Fidge had drawn complaints for seeming to teach antinomianism. For the rest of 1989, Fidge played with Glenelg in the SANFL. Fidge spent the 1994 season with Victorian Football League (VFL) side Frankston before retiring.