Cliff Taylor (Australian footballer) explained

Cliff Taylor
Fullname:Herbert Clifford Taylor[1]
Birth Date:6 April 1914
Birth Place:Geelong, Victoria
Death Place:New Norfolk, Tasmania
Originalteam:Newtown
Height:180 cm
Weight:81 kg
Statsend:1938
Years1:1938
Club1:Geelong
Games Goals1:10 (0)

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

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: eHeritage – LINC Tasmania: Record detail. Government of Tasmania. 3 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Cliff Taylor – Player Bio. Australian Football. 3 January 2015.
  3. Holmesby & Main (2007).
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243446038 Taylor builds Reputation as Defender in Geelong, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Monday, 11 July 1938), p.22.
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180866124 Arklay in New Role, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 13 July 1938), p.10.
  6. Hillier, 2004.
  7. News: League Permits. . . Melbourne . 29 April 1933 . 4 January 2015 . 23 . National Library of Australia.
  8. Web site: Reserves. geelongcats.com.au. 3 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20131215000835/http://www.geelongcats.com.au/club/history/premierships/reserves. 15 December 2013. dead.
  9. Web site: Cliff Taylor – Games Played. AFL Tables. 3 January 2015.
  10. News: Football State Title Match Tomorrow. . . Hobart, Tasmania . 27 September 1940 . 4 January 2015 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  11. News: Football. . . Launceston, Tasmania . 30 September 1940 . 4 January 2015 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  12. News: Football North Hobart Club. . . Hobart, Tasmania . 25 November 1941 . 4 January 2015 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  13. News: District Football Begins In Hobart Today. . . Hobart, Tasmania . 5 May 1945 . 4 January 2015 . 24 . National Library of Australia.
  14. News: New Norfolk Coach. . . Hobart, Tasmania . 1 April 1946 . 4 January 2015 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
  15. News: Mainland Coach For New Norfolk. . . Hobart, Tasmania . 7 January 1947 . 4 January 2015 . 19 . National Library of Australia.
  16. News: Olliver Leaves New Norfolk. . . Hobart, Tasmania . 2 May 1952 . 4 January 2015 . 16 . National Library of Australia.

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