Sam Philp (born 4 August 2001) is an

Australian rules footballer Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

who played for the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Princes Park (stadium), Princes Park in Carlton North, Victoria, Carlton North, an inner suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The c ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

(AFL). He was recruited by the

with the 20th draft pick in the 2019 AFL draft.

Early Football

Philp played junior football for St Mary's Greensborough Football Club in the

Yarra Junior Football League The Yarra Junior Football League (YJFL) is the largest junior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The league has a total of 30 clubs, who are based around northern, eastern and north-eastern Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne. There is ...

. He then played for the Northern Knights for two seasons, winning the Brent Harvey Best and Fairest winner award at the knights. He missed out on selection for the Vic Metro representative team. When he went to the National Combine, Philp starred in the fitness testing event, with a combine-best 20m sprint time of 2.867 seconds, while also achieving top 10 scores in the yo-yo test and standing vertical jump.

AFL career

Philp debuted for Carlton in Round 4 of the 2020 AFL season, where his team beat Essendon by a single point. Philp picked up 5 disposals and 2 tackles. Philp suffered persistent groin and hip injuries that rules him out for the

2021 AFL season The 2021 AFL season was the 125th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season feature ...

. He was delisted by the Blues at the conclusion of the 2023 AFL Season.

Statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Philp, Sam 2001 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Carlton Football Club players Northern Knights players 21st-century Australian sportsmen