Cliff Taylor (Australian footballer)
Cliff Taylor | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Herbert Clifford Taylor[1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 April 1914 | ||
Date of death | 22 November 1986 72) | (aged||
Original team(s) | Newtown | ||
Height / weight | 180 cm / 81 kg | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1938 | Geelong | 10 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. |
Herbert Clifford "Cliff" Taylor (6 April 1914 – 22 November 1986)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was also known as Beau Taylor.[3]
Career
Geelong
Taylor, who arrived from Newtown in 1933, was a fullback in the Geelong second's 1937 premiership team.[4][5]
He got his chance in the senior side in 1938, when he made 10 appearances.[6]
Tasmania
In 1940 he began playing for North Hobart.[7] He was a member of North Hobart's 1940 and 1941 Tasmanian State Premierships.[8][9]
Appointed coach of New Norfolk in 1945, Taylor led the club to a Southern District Association premiership in his first season.[10][11] He was captain-coach again in 1946 and the following year New Norfolk were admitted into the Tasmanian Australian National Football League, but they went for former Fitzroy player Arthur Edwards as coach.[12] He did however act as caretaker coach in the 1952 TANFL season, when regular coach Arthur Olliver had to stand down as his wife was ill.[13]
Family
He was the father of former Hawthorn player Noel Taylor and grandfather of Jason Taylor, who played for three AFL clubs.[14]
References
- ↑ "eHeritage – LINC Tasmania: Record detail". Government of Tasmania. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "Cliff Taylor – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ↑ "League Permits.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 29 April 1933. p. 23. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "Reserves". geelongcats.com.au. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "Cliff Taylor – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "Football State Title Match Tomorrow.". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 27 September 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "Football.". Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 30 September 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "Football North Hobart Club.". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 25 November 1941. p. 8. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "District Football Be sins In Hobart Today.". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 5 May 1945. p. 24. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "New Norfolk Coach.". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 1 April 1946. p. 15. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "Mainland Coach For New Norfolk.". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 7 January 1947. p. 19. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "Olliver Leaves New Norfolk.". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 2 May 1952. p. 16. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ Hillier, K. (2004) Like Father Like Son, Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 1-877029-73-4.
External links
- Cliff Taylor's statistics from AFL Tables