Kurt Tippett
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| Full name | Kurt Anthony Tippett | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales | ||
| Original team(s) | Southport Sharks (QLD) | ||
| Draft | No. 32, 2006 national draft No. 11, 2013 pre-season draft |
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| Height / weight | 202 cm / 105 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman/forward | ||
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| Current club | Sydney | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2007–2012 | Adelaide | 104 (188) | |
| 2013– | Sydney | 65 (130) | |
| Total | 169 (318) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Kurt Tippett (born 8 May 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL), he previously played for the Adelaide Football Club from 2007 to 2012. Tippett represented Queensland in under-18 basketball before transferring to Australian rules football and playing for Southport Football Club. He was selected by Adelaide in the 2006 AFL draft.
Tippett was born in Sydney, New South Wales but moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland at two months of age. Tippett attended All Saints Anglican College during his high school years. His first love was basketball and at eleven years of age, and made his representative debut for the Gold Coast. In 2004, he represented Queensland in the under 18 championships and was given a spot on the Brisbane Bullets development squad. While competing in the under 18 championships, Tippett competed against the likes of Patrick Mills, Joe Ingles and future AFL player Scott Pendlebury. He also toured the United States with the Queensland Academy of Sport team.
Upon returning from the United States, he accepted an offer from the Gold Coast Stingrays to try out for their Australian rules football representative team. His brother Joel played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast and North Melbourne, while his sister Gretel played professional Basketball for the Logan Thunder in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and now plays netball in the ANZ Championship for the Queensland Firebirds. During Kurt's two years with Southport he studied pharmacy at Griffith University on the Gold Coast.
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