Robert Lipp

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Robert Lipp
Personal information
Full name Robert Isidor Lipp
Date of birth (1970-07-10) July 10, 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Forward / Defender
Youth career
1988 Metro State College
1989–1992 Colorado College
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1997 Colorado Foxes
Colorado Comets
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Lipp is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the American Professional Soccer League and USISL.

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Youth

Lipp was a 1987 NSCAA High School All American soccer player and a 1988 Gatorade Player of the Year at Rocky Mountain High School. [1] [2] [3] Lipp spent the 1988 collegiate season with Metro State College. [4] He transferred to Colorado College where he was a 1992 Third Team All American. [5]

Professional

In April 1993, Lipp turned professional with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League. [6] [7] He played for the Foxes through the 1996 season, but broke his right leg in a June 1996 game with the Seattle Sounders. [8] Lipp was also drafted by the St. Louis Ambush in the 1993 National Professional Soccer League draft. The Ambush traded his rights to the Wichita Wings, but a hamstring injury suffered during the Foxes season led to the Wings not signing Lipp. [9]

He also played for the Colorado Comets of the USISL.

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References

  1. "COLORADO" USA TODAY Thursday, December 24, 1987
  2. 1987 High School All Americans
  3. Gatorade Player of the Year
  4. 1988 Metro State College soccer stats
  5. 1992 Division III All Americans
  6. April 29, 1993 Transactions
  7. 1993 Colorado Foxes
  8. SOCCER SOUNDERS' DROUGHT CONTINUES
  9. "AFTER WHEELING, DEALING, TURNER GETS HIS MAN IN THE NPSL DRAFT" Wichita Eagle, The (KS) Wednesday, July 28, 1993