Cliff Taylor (Australian footballer)

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]

Cliff Taylor
Personal information
Full name Herbert Clifford Taylor[1]
Date of birth (1914-04-06)6 April 1914
Date of death 22 November 1986(1986-11-22) (aged 72)
Original team(s) Newtown
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1938 Geelong 10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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
  1. "eHeritage – LINC Tasmania: Record detail". Government of Tasmania. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  2. "Cliff Taylor – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  4. "League Permits". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 29 April 1933. p. 23. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  5. "Reserves". geelongcats.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  6. "Cliff Taylor – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  7. "Football State Title Match Tomorrow". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 27 September 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  8. "Football". Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 30 September 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  9. "Football North Hobart Club". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 25 November 1941. p. 8. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  10. "District Football Be sins In Hobart Today". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 5 May 1945. p. 24. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  11. "New Norfolk Coach". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 1 April 1946. p. 15. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  12. "Mainland Coach For New Norfolk". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 7 January 1947. p. 19. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  13. "Olliver Leaves New Norfolk". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 2 May 1952. p. 16. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  14. Hillier, K. (2004) Like Father Like Son, Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 1-877029-73-4.
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