Junior Football
Tippett began playing Australian Rules Football for the first time in an inter-school sports tournament for All Saints Anglican College. It was not until he returned from a Basketball tour of the United States that he began to take football seriously. Trying out for the Gold Coast Stingrays, he made the team and they went on to be crowned state champions. Following the victory he joined the Southport Sharks for their 2005 season and after a few games in the reserves he made his seniors debut at the Gabba against the Brisbane Lions reserves team and matched up on AFL premiership player Jamie Charman. Kurt would end 2005 with the Sharks reserves best and fairest award while playing in 10 seniors matches for the season. He then went on to represent Queensland in the 2006 AFL National Under 18 Championships where they would go undefeated through the tournament to win the second division title. He would also be the second highest goal kicker during the Sharks 2006 premiership winning season. In November he was drafted to the Adelaide Crows with the 32nd pick in the 2006 AFL Draft.
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