Patrick Lipinski

Patrick Lipinski
Lipinski in 2023
Personal information
Full name Patrick Lipinski
Nickname(s) Lippy, Lippa
Date of birth (1998-07-17) 17 July 1998 (age 26)
Original team(s) Eltham Football Club /Northern Knights (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 28, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 23, 2017, Western Bulldogs vs. Hawthorn, at Etihad Stadium
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 1
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2021 Western Bulldogs 056 (30)
2022– Collingwood 062 (32)
Total 118 (62)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Patrick Lipinski (born 17 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Western Bulldogs from 2017 to 2021.

Playing career

He was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with their second selection and twenty-eighth overall in the 2016 national draft.[1] He made his debut in the nine point loss against Hawthorn in round twenty-three of the 2017 season.[2]

At the end of the 2021 AFL season, Lipinski requested a trade to Collingwood.[3] He was officially traded on 11 October.[4]

During a practice match in the 2023 pre season against Hawthorn, Lipinski injured his shoulder ruling him out for the first half of the 2023 AFL season.[5] Lipinksi returned from injury in Round 13 and played 14 games for the season including Collingwood's Grand Final win against Brisbane Lions. [6] [7]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2024 season.[8]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
  #  
Played in that season's 
premiership team
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Western Bulldogs 27 1 0 3 6 12 18 4 1 0.0 3.0 6.0 12.0 18.0 4.0 1.0 0
2018 Western Bulldogs 27 17 12 5 113 137 250 48 41 0.7 0.3 6.7 8.1 14.7 2.8 2.4 0
2019 Western Bulldogs 27 14 11 4 137 170 307 65 50 0.8 0.3 9.8 12.1 21.9 4.6 3.6 0
2020[a] Western Bulldogs 27 13 5 4 90 121 211 32 30 0.4 0.3 6.9 9.3 16.2 2.5 2.3 0
2021 Western Bulldogs 27 11 2 1 27 33 60 11 7 0.3 0.0 6.8 8.3 15.0 2.8 1.8 0
2022 Collingwood 1 25 9 4 273 278 551 86 92 0.4 0.2 10.9 11.1 22.0 3.4 3.7 4
2023# Collingwood 1 14 5 2 114 135 249 40 47 0.4 0.1 8.1 9.6 17.8 2.9 3.4 0
2024 Collingwood 1 23 18 9 185 218 403 74 71 0.8 0.4 8.0 9.5 17.5 3.2 3.1 5
Career 118 62 32 992 1150 2142 388 355 0.5 0.3 8.4 9.7 18.2 3.3 3.0 9

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.

References

  1. ^ Cavanagh, Chris (28 November 2016). "Lifelong Western Bulldogs supporter Patrick Lipinski to live out AFL dream after being drafted by reigning premier". Whittlesea Leader. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. ^ Davidson, Ryan (24 August 2017). "Veteran Dog gets chance for final bow-wow". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Lipinski requests trade". WesternBulldogs.com.au. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Lipinski lands at the Pies". Collingwood. Telstra. 11 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Massive blow for Collingwood, West Coast's big injury concerns". 7NEWS. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  6. ^ "'I was almost in tears': Magpie's tough road back from injury blow". afl.com.au. 11 July 2023.
  7. ^ "'I can't believe it': Super sub living the dream after 'crazy' flag ride". afl.com.au. 1 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Patrick Lipinski". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 September 2024.