Cliff Taylor | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Herbert Clifford Taylor [1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 April 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 22 November 1986 | (aged 72)||
Place of death | New Norfolk, Tasmania | ||
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 |
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
He died at New Norfolk, Tasmania on 22 November 1986.
Cliff Taylor | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Herbert Clifford Taylor [1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 April 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 22 November 1986 | (aged 72)||
Place of death | New Norfolk, Tasmania | ||
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 |
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
He died at New Norfolk, Tasmania on 22 November 1986.