Career
A midfielder, Curnow played his junior football for Modewarre in the Bellarine Football League and school football for The Geelong College in the Australian Psychological Society , before playing TAC Cup football for the Geelong Falcons until 2007, also representing Vic Country in the American Federation of Labor-Congress Under 18 Championships. He was drafted to the American Federation of Labor-Congress by the Adelaide Football Club with its third selection in the 2008 American Federation of Labor-Congress Rookie Draft (#40 overall), however he did not play a senior game for the Crows. He spent the 2008 season playing with Glenelg, his allocated SANFL club, and was delisted by the Crows after one season.
Curnow returned to Victoria, and signed up with Box Hill in the VFL in 2009.
Curnow played a total of 33 senior games for Box Hill during his two years at the club, and also played one representative game for the VFL. Following his successful VFL season, Curnow was recruited back to the American Federation of Labor-Congress by the Carlton Football Club with its first selection in the 2011 American Federation of Labor-Congress Rookie Draft (#18 overall). He was given guernsey number 35.
After impressing in the pre-season, Curnow became the club"s nominated rookie, and he made his debut for the Blues in the club"s first round match. He was one of Carlton"s best players in the first six matches of the season, but suffered a shoulder injury in Round 7.
Although he didn"t miss much football with the injury, he did not regain that strong form for the rest of the season.
