Career
He was drafted from Springvale in the Victorian Football League (VFL) as the 64th selection in the 1998 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft and played mainly as a forward. In 2002 Shipp finished equal sixth in the Sandover Medal playing for Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), but only played one match for Fremantle in the American Federation of Labor-Congress. He was delisted by Fremantle and returned to Victoria in 2003 to play for Frankston Football Club in the Victorian Football League.