Matthew Liptak

Matthew Liptak
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Liptak
Date of birth	(1970-04-30) 30 April 1970
Original team(s)	Glenelg
Height / weight	178 cm / 79 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1991–1999	Adelaide	116 (128)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1996	South Australia	001 0(0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
Career highlights
Malcolm Blight Medal: 1996

Matthew Liptak (born 30 April 1970)is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is also a doctor, receiving his medical degree from Flinders University in Adelaide.

From Glenelg, Liptak was a determined inside midfielder with good goal kicking skills. Liptak's best season was 1996, in which he won the Best and Fairest and represesnted South Australia in State of Origin. Of note he did not play in either the 1997 and 1998 AFL Grand Finals due to various injuries.

Honours

Malcolm Blight Medal 1996 (club best and fairest).
In 2005 he was named in the Adelaide Crows Team of the Decade. 1.
Adelaide Life Membership

Malcolm Blight Medal · Adelaide Football Club best and fairest winners

1991: Mickan 1992: McDermott 1993: McGuinness 1994: Rehn 1995: Connell 1996: Liptak 1997: McLeod 1998: Ricciuto 1999: Hart 2000: Goodwin 2001: McLeod 2002: Hart 2003: Ricciuto 2004: Ricciuto 2005: Goodwin 2006: Goodwin 2007: McLeod 2008: Bock 2009: Vince 2010: Douglas 2011: Thompson 2012: Thompson 2013: Sloane 2014: Talia 2015: Dangerfield 2016: Sloane

South Australian team – 1996 State of Origin

Bickley Burns Camporeale Champion Clarke Darcy Francis Hart Holland Kernahan (c) Liptak Modra Platten Ricciuto Robran Rogers Russell Smart Tape Wakelin Wanganeen

Coach: Ebert

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