1. Kurt Anthony Tippett was born on 8 May 1987 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.
23 Facts About Kurt Tippett
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Kurt Tippett was selected by Adelaide in the 2006 AFL draft.
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Kurt Tippett was born in Sydney, New South Wales but moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland at two months of age.
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Kurt Tippett is the brother of former AFL player Joel Tippett and professional Netball player Gretel Bueta.
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Kurt Tippett attended All Saints Anglican College during his high school years where he first trialed Australian rules football in an inter-school sports tournament in 2004.
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Kurt Tippett toured the United States with the Queensland Academy of Sport team.
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Kurt Tippett made the team and they went on to be crowned state champions.
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Kurt Tippett then went on to represent Queensland in the 2006 AFL Under 18 Championships where they would go undefeated through the tournament to win the division two title.
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Kurt Tippett would be the second highest goal kicker during Southport's 2006 premiership winning season.
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Kurt Tippett was drafted by the Adelaide Football Club with the thirty-second pick in the 2006 AFL draft.
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Kurt Tippett made his debut in round one in the 2008 season against Western Bulldogs at the Telstra Dome.
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Kurt Tippett kicked eight more goals in the finals to finish with fifty-five for the year.
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On 6 October 2012, it was announced Kurt Tippett had requested a trade to the Sydney Swans.
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Criticism was later heard from many people, two of which were Crows legend Mark Ricciuto, who said that Kurt Tippett was a money driver and former Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett who angrily said the Swans should be stripped of money on trying to get him.
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Kurt Tippett was offered money not stipulated under the club's salary cap.
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Kurt Tippett debuted for the Swans in round 13 of the 2013 AFL season when Sydney played Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.
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Kurt Tippett kicked a goal in the first minute, finished with two, and collected six possessions.
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Kurt Tippett would go on to play the next two games showing good signs before tearing the meniscus in his right knee.
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Kurt Tippett returned against Greater Western Sydney but was in and out of the side due to his troublesome knee.
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Kurt Tippett announced his immediate retirement in January 2018 just two months prior to the start of the 2018 season.
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Kurt Tippett had suffered various hamstring, hip and ankle injuries in the two years prior.
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In late 2020, a chance meeting with former assistant coach and neighbour Stuart Dew led to Kurt Tippett accepting an assistant coaching role with the Gold Coast Suns for the 2021 AFL season.
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Kurt Tippett transitioned into an administrative role with the club in May 2023 when he joined the Suns' Board of Directors.