Eric Hipwood

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Eric Hipwood
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Hipwood in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Eric Hipwood
Nickname(s) Eel, Hippy [1]
Date of birth (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth St Kilda, Victoria
Original team(s) Caloundra (QFA)
Aspley (NEAFL)
Brisbane Lions Academy
Draft No. 14 (Academy selection), 2015 AFL national draft
Height 203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Position(s) Key Forward
Club information
Current club Brisbane Lions
Number 30
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2016– Brisbane Lions 177 (262)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Eric Hipwood (born 13 September 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Primarily a key forward, Hipwood is a premiership player and leading goalkicker for the club.

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Early life

Hipwood was born in Melbourne's inner suburb of St Kilda. [2] His parents were passionate St Kilda Saints fans who had married in the stands of Moorabbin Oval prior to his birth. [3] His grandfather, Ken, was instrumental in establishing the Aspley Football Club in Brisbane's northern suburbs and his father, Brad, was a former senior player for Aspley. [4] His grandparents are also life members of the Aspley Football Club. [5] At the age of three, Eric moved to his father's home state of Queensland and settled on the Sunshine Coast with his family where he began playing junior football for Kawana Park at the age of eight.

At 13 years of age he was placed in the Brisbane Lions Academy [6] and switched allegiances to the Caloundra Panthers. Two years later, at the age of 15, he played his first QFA senior match for Caloundra in their away clash against Aspley and kicked three goals on debut. [7] In his final year of junior football he switched clubs again and played for Aspley in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). Hipwood was selected to represent Queensland at the 2015 AFL Under 18 Championships and was named in the All Australian team for his performances. [8] He was then invited to attend the AFL Draft Combine in November 2015. [9]

Hipwood was also a very talented cricketer in his younger years [10] and accepted an invitation to join the cricket sports excellence program at Maroochydore State High School in Year 10. [11]

AFL career

Hipwood was drafted by the Brisbane Lions with their second selection and fourteenth overall in the 2015 national draft as an academy selection after Brisbane matched Richmond's bid on him. [12] He made his AFL debut in the forty-nine point loss against West Coast at the Gabba in round 13 of the 2016 season. [13] After the thirty-two point loss against the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium in round five of the 2017 season, in which he recorded twelve disposals, five marks, four tackles and three goals, he was the round nominee for the AFL Rising Star. [14]

Hipwood played all 22 matches of the 2018 season. With 37 goals, he was Brisbane's leading goalkicker for the year. In round 16, Hipwood kicked 6 goals in Brisbane's win against Carlton. Hipwood received three Brownlow Medal votes in both this game and the round 9 win against Hawthorn. [15]

2019 saw Hipwood play 23 games including finals with 35 goals kicked for the year. He signed a contract extension, keeping him at Brisbane until at least the end of 2023. [16]

In 2021, Hipwood ruptured his ACL in the round 17 match against St Kilda. [17] He would go on to miss Brisbane's finals series, and only returned 10 months later for a 2022 match against Adelaide. After Hipwood led the Lions in goals during the 2022 finals series, he extended his contract with the club for six additional years, making the signature Brisbane's longest contract since Alastair Lynch in 1994. [18]

Hipwood was suspended for one game during the round 10 clash against Richmond for a dangerous tackle against Nick Vlastuin. Vlastuin was also fined for striking back at Hipwood. [19] The Lions forward returned from suspension and had a career-best game in round 13 against the Western Bulldogs, kicking a personal-best six goals. [20] Hipwood was a part of the Brisbane's 2024 premiership winning team, kicking a goal in a 60 point victory over the Sydney Swans. [21] His goal, a miraculous left-foot goal from the pocket, was celebrated with an imitation of club legend Jason Akermanis. [22] Following the premiership, Hipwood revealed that he played the finals series through an injury. [23]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2024 season. [24]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
  #  
Played in that season's 
premiership team
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2016 Brisbane Lions 3010111660359530111.11.66.03.59.53.01.10
2017 Brisbane Lions 302030161244817259251.50.86.22.48.63.01.32
2018 Brisbane Lions 302237271334723393241.91.28.32.911.23.90.96
2019 Brisbane Lions 3023352918251233107421.51.37.92.210.14.71.86
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Brisbane Lions 301924191474018779171.31.07.72.19.84.20.91
2021 Brisbane Lions 301626201185116979201.61.37.43.210.64.91.31
2022 Brisbane Lions 301725171254917479181.51.07.42.910.24.61.10
2023 Brisbane Lions 3026412920057257140491.61.17.72.29.95.41.91
2024 # Brisbane Lions 3024332119366259134311.40.98.02.810.85.61.34
Career177262194132545417798002371.51.17.52.610.14.51.321

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.lions.com.au/video/378009/hippy-hippy-shake?videoId=378009&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1495943750001
  2. ↑ "Brisbane Lion wants to be a one-club player". Herald Sun . 15 July 2017. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Mallinder, Terry (24 November 2015). "Footy career taking on Eric proportions". Sunshine Coast Daily . APN News & Media. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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  5. ↑ "Life Members – Aspley Hornets Football Club". aspleyhornets.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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  11. ↑ "Hipwood on the Marngrook Footy Show". Brisbane Lions. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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