Bert McTaggart | |
Fullname: | Albert Robert William McTaggart |
Birth Date: | 20 April 1916 |
Birth Place: | Williamstown, Victoria |
Death Place: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Originalteam: | Williamstown |
Height: | 185 cm |
Weight: | 79 kg |
Statsend: | 1945 |
Years1: | 1939 |
Club1: | Williamstown (VFA) |
Games Goals1: | 21 (12) |
Years2: | 1940–41 |
Club2: | Carlton |
Games Goals2: | 9 (6) |
Years3: | 1941 |
Club3: | Williamstown (VFA) |
Games Goals3: | 14 (20) |
Years4: | 1942–45 |
Club4: | Footscray |
Games Goals4: | 59 (1) |
Albert Robert William McTaggart (20 April 1916 – 11 August 1997)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.[2]
A centre half forward in Williamstown's 1939 VFA premiership team, McTaggart was used as a forward at Carlton to limited effect. He kicked three goals from full-forward in his second senior game, against North Melbourne at Princes Park.[3]
McTaggart returned to Williamstown for the second half of the 1941 season and then in 1942 he crossed to Footscray where he was shifted to defence, mostly as a back pocket. He played all of Footscray's 19 games in 1944, including a Semi Final. He missed the early part of the 1945 VFL season due to a hand injury.[4]
McTaggart finished his football career in Tasmania, coaching Clarence, although he did return to Williamstown in 1952 and coached the Seconds.