Bert Taylor | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Albert Ernest Taylor | ||
Date of birth | 2 June 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Corowa, New South Wales | ||
Date of death | 30 May 1978 | (aged 66)||
Place of death | Bendigo, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Finley | ||
Height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) | ||
Position(s) | Ruck | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1934–1936 | Melbourne | 39 (23) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Albert Ernest Taylor (2 June 1911 – 30 May 1978) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]
The son of Joseph Thomas Taylor (1873-1947), and Mary Christina Taylor (1874-1948), née Detlefsen, [3] Albert Ernest Taylor was born at Corowa, New South Wales on 2 June 1911.
He married Lesley Mary Trewick in 1944.
Taylor was a tall (6ft 7in), left-footed ruckman, recruited from the Finley Football Club in the Murray Football League. [4]
In 1935, he played in three VFL representative matches: against Western Australia on 22 June 1935, [6] [7] against Western Australia on 25 June 1935, [8] [9] and against South Australia on 29 June 1935. [10] [11]
Taylor enlisted in the Australian Militia in February 1942. He was discharged in December 1942, on the grounds that, as a farmer, he had a reserved occupation. [13]
He died (suddenly) at his residence in Bendigo, Victoria, on 30 May 1978. [14]
Bert Taylor | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Albert Ernest Taylor | ||
Date of birth | 2 June 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Corowa, New South Wales | ||
Date of death | 30 May 1978 | (aged 66)||
Place of death | Bendigo, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Finley | ||
Height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) | ||
Position(s) | Ruck | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1934–1936 | Melbourne | 39 (23) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Albert Ernest Taylor (2 June 1911 – 30 May 1978) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]
The son of Joseph Thomas Taylor (1873-1947), and Mary Christina Taylor (1874-1948), née Detlefsen, [3] Albert Ernest Taylor was born at Corowa, New South Wales on 2 June 1911.
He married Lesley Mary Trewick in 1944.
Taylor was a tall (6ft 7in), left-footed ruckman, recruited from the Finley Football Club in the Murray Football League. [4]
In 1935, he played in three VFL representative matches: against Western Australia on 22 June 1935, [6] [7] against Western Australia on 25 June 1935, [8] [9] and against South Australia on 29 June 1935. [10] [11]
Taylor enlisted in the Australian Militia in February 1942. He was discharged in December 1942, on the grounds that, as a farmer, he had a reserved occupation. [13]
He died (suddenly) at his residence in Bendigo, Victoria, on 30 May 1978. [14]