Cliff Taylor (Australian footballer)

Cliff Taylor
Personal information
Full name Herbert Clifford Taylor[1]
Born (1914-04-06)6 April 1914
Geelong, Victoria
Died 22 November 1986(1986-11-22) (aged 72)
New Norfolk, Tasmania
Original team 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

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).[3] He was also known as "Beau" Taylor.[4][5]

Family

The third son of Henry Beaumont Taylor (1882-1954), and Millicent Ann Colvard Taylor (1882-1930), née Wilks, Herbert Clifford Taylor was born at Geelong, Victoria on 6 April 1914.

He married Eileen Teresa Hedley (1916-2002) on 24 December 1940. He was the father of former Hawthorn player Noel Taylor, and the grandfather of Jason Taylor, who played for three AFL clubs.[6]

Football

Geelong (VFL)

Taylor, who arrived from Newtown in 1933, was a fullback in the Geelong second's 1937 premiership team.[7][8]

He got his chance in the senior side in 1938, when he made 10 appearances.[9]

North Hobart

In 1940 he began playing for North Hobart.[10] He was a member of North Hobart's 1940 and 1941 Tasmanian State Premierships.[11][12]

New Norfolk

Appointed coach of New Norfolk in 1945, Taylor led the club to a Southern District Association premiership in his first season.[13][14] 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.[15] 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.[16]

Death

He died at New Norfolk, Tasmania on 22 November 1986.

See also

Notes

  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 & Main (2007).
  4. ^ Taylor builds Reputation as Defender in Geelong, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Monday, 11 July 1938), p.22.
  5. ^ Arklay in New Role, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 13 July 1938), p.10.
  6. ^ Hillier, 2004.
  7. ^ "League Permits". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 April 1933. p. 23. Retrieved 4 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Reserves". geelongcats.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Cliff Taylor – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Football State Title Match Tomorrow". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 27 September 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 4 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Football". Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. 30 September 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 4 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Football North Hobart Club". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 25 November 1941. p. 8. Retrieved 4 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "District Football Begins In Hobart Today". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 5 May 1945. p. 24. Retrieved 4 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "New Norfolk Coach". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 1 April 1946. p. 15. Retrieved 4 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "Mainland Coach For New Norfolk". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 7 January 1947. p. 19. Retrieved 4 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Olliver Leaves New Norfolk". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 2 May 1952. p. 16. Retrieved 4 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

References

  • Hillier, K. (2004) Like Father Like Son: Legends of AFL Football, Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 1-877029-73-4
  • Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007), The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers, BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5
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