Erin Phillips

January 5, 2024
Australian Rules Footballer

Quick Facts

Erin Phillips
Full Name Erin Phillips
Occupation Australian Rules Footballer
Date Of Birth May 19, 1985(1985-05-19)
Age 39
Birthplace Melbourne
Country Australia
Horoscope Taurus

Erin Phillips Biography

Name Erin Phillips
Birthday May 19
Birth Year 1985
Place Of Birth Melbourne
Birth Country Australia
Birth Sign Taurus
Parents Greg Phillips, Julie Phillips
Siblings Amy Burgoyne
Spouse Tracy Gahan

Erin Phillips is one of the most popular and richest Australian Rules Footballer who was born on May 19, 1985 in Melbourne, Australia. Guard that had her WNBA debut in 2006 with the Connecticut Sun. Also, she played with the Phoenix Mercury, Los Angeles Sparks and Dallas Wings, before transferring to the AFL where she was a player with Port Adelaide and the Adelaide Crows.

In 2012, as part of Indiana Fever, in 2012 Indiana Fever, she won the WNBA Finals alongside teammate and Finals MVP In 2012, with the Indiana Fever, she won the WNBA Finals alongside teammate and Finals MVP Tamika Catchings…

Erin Victoria Phillips (born 19 May 1985) is an Australian former professional basketball player and an Australian rules footballer for Adelaide. She played nine seasons in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) for five different teams and is a two-time WNBA champion. She also represented Australia on the women’s national basketball team, winning a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women and serving as a co-vice captain at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Additionally, Phillips has played four seasons in the AFL Women’s (AFLW) competition, in which she is a two-time premiership player and two-time league best and fairest.

Phillips began playing basketball at the age of 13. She decided to switch her sporting focus from football to basketball at the age of 14 due to the lack of opportunities at the time for female footballers to play professionally. Her father had also introduced her to Rachael Sporn, a member of the Australian national basketball team, around this time. As a junior, Phillips played for the West Adelaide Bearcats. She represented South Australia Metro in the under-16 and under-18 Australian national championships, winning the Norma Connolly Trophy as a member of the under-16 championship team in 1999. Phillips was also a member of the South Australia under-20 championship team in 2004, where she won the Bob Staunton Award as the most outstanding player in the women’s tournament.

Her birthplace was Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Her father was the former AFL soccer player Greg Phillips. Her brother-in-law was also a player for the AFL. She was married to Tracy Gahan.

Erin Phillips Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Australian Rules Footballer
House Living in own house.

Erin Phillips is one of the richest Australian Rules Footballer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Erin Phillips 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She played for the Australian league WNBL before moving to America.

She took home an Olympic silver medal in Beijing Olympics in 2008. Olympics held in Beijing.

Erin Phillips was born on 19 May 1985 in the Carlton suburb of Melbourne to Julie and Greg Phillips. She grew up with her two older sisters Rachel and Amy in Adelaide. Her father was a professional Australian rules football defender who played the majority of his career with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), where he served as captain for three years, won eight premierships, and was named to the club’s all-time Greatest Team in 2000. He also competed in the Victorian Football League (VFL), which was later renamed as the modern Australian Football League (AFL), as a member of the Collingwood Football Club.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Height 5 ft 8 in

Erin Phillips height 5 ft 8 in Erin weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Erin Phillips Dating?

According to our records, Erin Phillips married to Tracy Gahan. As of December 1, 2023, Erin Phillips’s is not dating anyone.

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The Connecticut Sun of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) selected Phillips in the second round of the 2005 WNBA Draft with the 21st overall pick. She was the only player taken in the draft who did not play college basketball in the United States and one of two international players drafted along with fifth overall pick Sancho Lyttle. She did not play during the 2005 WNBA season, instead choosing to play on tours and in training camps with the national team in Australia to increase her chances of making the team.

Facts & Trivia

Erin Ranked on the list of most popular Australian Rules Footballer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Erin Phillips celebrates birthday on May 19 of every year.

Phillips decided to join the Sun for the 2006 season in spite of national team coach Jan Stirling stating that would hurt her chances of playing in the FIBA World Championship later that year, which was scheduled to begin just a week after the end of the WNBA Finals. Phillips played in all 34 games in her debut season. She was named a starter in the 22nd game of the season after an injury to Nykesha Sales and ended up starting the last 13 games. The Sun won their first eleven games with Phillips as a starter as part of a franchise-record twelve-game win streak. She recorded a season-high six assists in her first game as a starter, and then had season-bests of 19 points and 6 rebounds a few games later. Overall, Phillips averaged 5.4 points and 2.5 assists per game. She was also ninth in the league in free throw shooting percentage at 88.0%. Led by their top scorer Katie Douglas and point guard Lindsay Whalen, the Sun finished the regular season with the best record in the WNBA at 26–8. With Sales back from injury, Phillips returned to the bench for the playoffs, where the Sun swept the Washington Mystics 2–0 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. However, they were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals 2–1 by the Detroit Shock, the eventual champions. Phillips’s only start in the playoffs came in the first game of that series, a loss on the road.

How is Erin Phillips related to Shaun Burgoyne?

ADELAIDE superstar Erin Phillips has no thoughts of riding off into the sunset as a two-time AFLW premiership player, instead using her dad Greg and her brother-in-law , Hawthorn champion Shaun Burgoyne, as motivation to extend her career as long as possible.

Who is Erin Phillips wife?

Tracy Gahan

Who does Erin Phillips play for?

Australia

What number is Erin Phillips?

SeasonTeamNo.
2017| Adelaide| 13
Career

Who is currently the oldest AFL player?

SA footballer Rob Johnstone , 79, set to be the oldest player at AFL Masters National Carnival 2022.

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