At club level he played with Kilmoyley and Ardfert and was also a member of the Kerry senior teams as a dual player.
Born in Kilmoyley, County Kerry, Lovett first played Gaelic football as a boarder at St. Brendan's College in Killarney.
As a member of Kilmoyley GAA club, he joined the senior team while still a minor and won three successive Kerry SHC titles from 1962 to 1964.
[4] As a member of the Kerry junior football team, Lovett won an All-Ireland JFC medal after a defeat of London in 1967.
[5] This victory resulted in him once again joining the senior team and he was an unused substitute when Down beat Kerry in the 1968 All-Ireland final.