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Jim Taylor (footballer, born 1893)

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Jim Taylor
Personal information
Full name James Taylor
Date of birth (1893-10-27)27 October 1893
Place of birth Essendon, Victoria
Date of death 15 December 1969(1969-12-15) (aged 76)
Place of death Hamilton, Victoria
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1918 Essendon 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1918.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Taylor (27 October 1893 – 15 December 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of James Taylor, J.P. (1949-1902), the secretary of McCracken's City Brewery,[2][3] and Mary Taylor (1849-1927), née Russell,[4] James Taylor was born at Essendon, Victoria on 27 October 1893.[5]

Football

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He played in one senior match for Essendon, against St Kilda, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 18 May 1918, at a time when Essendon was having great difficulty fielding teams — having not contested either the 1916 or 1917 VFL season.

Military service

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At the age of 48, Taylor, a grocer, enlisted in the Volunteer Defence Corps, and served in the 9th Battalion of VDC during World War II.[6]

Death

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He died at Hamilton, Victoria on 15 December 1969.[7]

Notes

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References

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  • Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Private James Taylor (V351663), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • World War Two Service Record: Private James Taylor (V351663), National Archives of Australia.
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