Kurt Tippett

Kurt Tippett


Personal information
Full name Kurt Tippett
Date of birth 8 May 1987 (1987-05-08) (age 23)
Recruited from Southport Sharks (QLD)
Draft 32^nd overall, 2006
Adelaide
Height/Weight 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) / 100kg
Position(s) Key Forward, Ruckman
Club information
Current club Adelaide
Number 4
Playing career¹
Years Club Games (Goals)
2007 –
Totals Adelaide 63 (115)
63 (115)   

¹ Playing statistics to end of Round 22, 2009 season .

Kurt Tippett (born 8 May 1987) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He currently plays for the Adelaide Crows and wears the number 4 on the back of his jumper. "K-Tip", as he is sometimes called, represented Queensland at under 18 level in basketball before converting to Australian rules football and playing for Southport. He was picked up by Adelaide at number 32 in the 2006 AFL Draft. His brother, Joel Tippett, also plays in the AFL, having been drafted by the Brisbane Lions in 2007.

Tippett made his debut in 2008. Playing as a key forward and ruckman, he became a regular in the side, but was often criticized for his inaccurate kicking at goal. At the Crows Club Champion evening, he received a 2008 Rising Star Nominee.

By the next season, Tippett had begun to develop into a potent tall forward. A bag of seven goals and a high mark against Essendon in Round 11 showed his potential to become the high-scoring key forward that Adelaide had lacked since the departure of Tony Modra, and with successive bags of five against Richmond and Fremantle he showed he could perform on a regular basis. He finished the home-and-away season with 47 goals, second behind only Jason Porplyzia (52) in the club's goalkicking. He kicked 8 more goals in the finals to finish with 55 for the year. His dramatic 60m goal from the boundary line gave Adelaide a 1 point lead against Collingwood in the last minute of the 2009 semi final; however, this went in vain as opposing forward John Anthony restored Collingwood's lead seconds later, resulting in a heartbreaking loss.

In 2009 he signed a three year deal with the Crows, preventing the soon-to-be Gold Coast club from recruiting him as one of their uncontracted player signings.

External links

• Kurt Tippett profile on the Official AFL Website of the Adelaide Football Club
• Kurt Tippett's statistics from AFL Tables

References

Adelaide Football Club – current squad





2006 AFL Draft

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