Bert Taylor (footballer, born 1900)

Bert Taylor
Bert Taylor
Personal information
Full name	Gilbert Roy Taylor
Date of birth	9 July 1900
Place of birth	Allansford, Victoria
Date of death	1 April 1980 (aged 79)
Place of death	Vermont, Victoria
Original team(s)	Warragul
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club
1919–1922	Fitzroy
1924–1925	West Perth (WAFL)
1926–1927	Geelong A (VFA)
1928–1931	Preston (VFA)
Coaching career
Years	Club
1923	Geelong
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1922.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gilbert Roy Taylor (9 July 1900 – 1 April 1980)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and coached Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Originally from Warragul, Taylor spent four seasons at Fitzroy where he played as a defender. His last league game was the 1922 Grand Final win, in which he starred from the back pocket. A policeman, he had been transferred to Geelong in 1922^[3] but having failed to gain a clearance from Fitzroy he left the club after the Grand Final. The following season he joined Geelong as non playing coach and steered the club to the finals.

In 1924 he went to Western Australia and played for West Perth for two years, winning selection for Western Australia in their 1924 Hobart Carnival team. He returned to Victoria in 1926 as playing coach for the Geelong Association side in the Victorian Football Association.^[4] In 1928 he became player-coach of Preston.

References[edit]

^ "Bert Taylor – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 815. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "PLAYER OR POLICEMAN". Geelong Advertiser. No. 23, 413. Geelong, Victoria. 13 June 1922. p. 2.
^ "Policeman—Footballer". Sporting Globe. No. 707. Victoria, Australia. 4 May 1929. p. 6.

External links[edit]

Bert Taylor's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Bert Taylor's coaching statistics from AFL Tables
Bert Taylor's VFA statistics from the VFA Project

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[1] "Bert Taylor – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[2] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 815. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[3] "PLAYER OR POLICEMAN". Geelong Advertiser. No. 23, 413. Geelong, Victoria. 13 June 1922. p. 2.

[4] "Policeman—Footballer". Sporting Globe. No. 707. Victoria, Australia. 4 May 1929. p. 6.

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v t e Fitzroy Football Club 1922 VFL premiers
Fitzroy 11.13 (79) defeated Collingwood 9.14 (68), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
2. Molan 3. Fergie 4. Jenkin 5. Elliott 6. Gale 7. Rattray 8. Taylor 9. Freake 10. Wigraft 12. Lethbridge (c) 16. Williams 17. Atkinson 18. Sherry 24. McCracken 27. Corrigan 28. Donnellan 29. Collins 30. Parratt
Coach: Belcher

v t e Coaches of the Geelong Football Club
VFL/AFL	1910–1911: Hickinbotham 1912–1913: Eason 1914: Orchard 1923: Taylor 1924: Hagger 1925–1927: Rankin 1928: Fitzmaurice 1929–1930: Coghlan 1931: Clymo 1932: Hickey 1933–1934: Coghlan 1935: Parratt 1936: Dibbs 1936–1940: Hickey 1940: Everett 1941: Metherell 1944: Arklay 1945–1959: Hickey 1960–1965: Davis 1966–1970: Pianto 1971–1972: McMaster 1973–1975: Farmer 1976–1979: Olsson 1980–1982: Goggin 1983–1985: Hafey 1986–1988: Devine 1989–1994: Blight 1995–1999: Ayres 2000–2010: Thompson 2011–: Scott
AFL Women's	2019–2021: Hood 2022 (S6)–: Lowther
Italics denote caretaker coach