Cliff Taylor
Personal information
Full name Herbert Clifford Taylor[1]
Date of birth (1914-04-06)6 April 1914
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 22 November 1986(1986-11-22) (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]

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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