Lovett-Murray was initially rookie listed by Collingwood, playing for the Williamstown Seagulls in the Victorian Football League.
In 2006, Lovett-Murray copped a three-game suspension from the AFL Tribunal for intentionally striking Fremantle midfielder Matthew Carr in the Bombers' round fourteen loss to the Dockers at Subiaco Oval.
He was suspended for two years which, with backdating, ended in December 2016; as a result, he served approximately fifteen months of his suspension and missed the entire 2016 season, when he had intended to play and coach for Rumbalara Football Club.
He was charged with possession of a drug of dependency, after the search found a single tablet of ecstasy at his home.
[9] Lovett-Murray belongs to a sporting family and is the great-grandson of pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls, who played for Fitzroy Football Club.