1. Patrick Cripps was born on 18 March 1995 and is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.
23 Facts About Patrick Cripps
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Patrick Cripps served as Carlton co-captain from 2019 to 2021, and he has served as the sole captain since the 2022 season.
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Patrick Cripps was born in Perth, but at a young age he moved to the small farming town of Northampton in Western Australia's Mid West.
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Patrick Cripps played junior football for local club Northampton Rams before moving to Aquinas College in Perth and playing juniors and colts for the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League.
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Patrick Cripps represented Western Australia at the 2013 AFL Under-18 Championships, serving as vice-captain and winning a place in the All-Australian Team for the tournament.
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Patrick Cripps was recruited by the Carlton Football Club with its first-round selection in the 2013 AFL National Draft.
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Patrick Cripps made his senior debut against Melbourne in Round 4,2014, but he played only three matches during the season due to injuries.
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Patrick Cripps changed from his debut jumper number of 16 at the end of the 2014 season to number 9 after it was vacated after the delisting of Kane Lucas.
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Patrick Cripps finished second in the 2015 AFL Rising Star award after holding favouritism with bookmakers for much of the year, and he won the John Nicholls Medal as Carlton's best and fairest to become the second-youngest winner in the award's history.
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Patrick Cripps had a magnificent 2018, winning his second Carlton best and fairest, All-Australian honours, and finishing second in voting for the Leigh Matthews Trophy.
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Patrick Cripps later re-signed with the club until the end of the 2021 season.
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Patrick Cripps ended up playing that game kicking 4 goals and being named best on ground in the Blues' 15 point victory.
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In 2021, Patrick Cripps re-signed with Carlton until 2027 making him effectively a Blue for life.
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Patrick Cripps won the 2022 Brownlow Medal by a single vote, becoming the first Carlton player to win it since Chris Judd in 2010.
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In round 3 of the 2023 season, Patrick Cripps recorded a career-best 42 disposals in Carlton's ten-point win over Greater Western Sydney.
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In 2024 Patrick Cripps had another standout year, averaging 8 clearances and 28.8 disposals a game.
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Patrick Cripps came second in the AFL Coaches Association's Champion Player award, the AFL Players' Association MVP award and the AFLPA Best Captain award.
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Patrick Cripps was the vice captain for the 2024 all-Australian team.
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Patrick Cripps ended up tallying 45 votes, the most any player has ever received in the three votes system, securing his second Brownlow.
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Patrick Cripps won his fifth John Nicholls Medal in 2024, equalling the record held by the award's namesake, John Nicholls.
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Patrick Cripps is related to former West Coast Eagles footballer Chris Mainwaring through his father.
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Patrick Cripps' father is Mainwaring's first cousin, and the two are related to current West Coast Eagles player Jamie Patrick Cripps.
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On 31 December 2022, Patrick Cripps married his partner Monique Fontana.