Herbert Clifford "Cliff" Taylor (6 April 1914 – 22 November 1986) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with

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in the

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(VFL). He was also known as "Beau" Taylor.

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 Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, a ...

on 6 April 1914. He married Eileen Teresa Hedley (1916-2002) on 24 December 1940. He was the father of former

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player Noel Taylor, and the grandfather of Jason Taylor, who played for three AFL clubs.

Football

Geelong (VFL)

Taylor, who arrived from Newtown in 1933, was a fullback in the Geelong second's 1937 premiership team. He got his chance in the senior side in 1938, when he made 10 appearances.

North Hobart

In 1940 he began playing for

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. He was a member of North Hobart's 1940 and 1941 Tasmanian State Premierships.

New Norfolk

Appointed coach of

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in 1945, Taylor led the club to a Southern District Association premiership in his first season. He was captain-coach again in 1946 and the following year New Norfolk were admitted into the

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, but they went for former Fitzroy player Arthur Edwards as coach. He did however act as caretaker coach in the 1952 TANFL season, when regular coach

Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver (10 December 1916 – 31 May 1988) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL), and coached successfully in the then Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). A champion Foot ...

had to stand down as his wife was ill.

Death

He died at New Norfolk, Tasmania on 22 November 1986.

Notes

References

* Hillier, K. (2004) ''Like Father Like Son: Legends of AFL Football'', Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. * Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007), ''The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers'', BAS Publishing.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Cliff 1914 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players Newtown Football Club players North Hobart Football Club players New Norfolk Football Club players New Norfolk Football Club coaches 1986 deaths