| Kurt Tippett | |||
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Tippett during pre-game warm up |
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Kurt Johnothan Tippett | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1987 | ||
| Original team | Southport Sharks (QLD) | ||
| Draft | 32nd overall, 2006 Adelaide |
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| Height/Weight | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) / 107kg | ||
| Position(s) | Utility | ||
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| Current club | Adelaide | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2007 – | Adelaide | 81 (146) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of Round 22 2011 season .
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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. He has represented his state 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.[1]
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