Denby Taylor (born 19 February 2000) is a retired
Australian rules football
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er who played with the
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition, and are the 2022 ...
in the
AFL Women's
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(AFLW).
Taylor grew up in
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 ...
with her parents, Pete and Pauline, and three older sisters, Casey, Dom & Jordan.
She attended
Sacred Heart College for school, and played football at junior level with
Newtown & Chilwell Football Club
Newtown & Chilwell Sporting Club, nicknamed the ''Eagles'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the inner western suburb of Newtown, Victoria.
The club teams currently compete in the regional Geelong Football Netball Lea ...
.
Taylor played with the
Geelong Falcons
The Geelong Falcons is a youth Australian rules football representative club in the NAB League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition, Victoria, Australia.
The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warrnamboo ...
in the
TAC Cup
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in 2017 and 2018, winning the premiership in the latter year, and was named in the league's "Team of the Year" in both seasons.
Taylor was subsequently drafted with selection number 20 in the
2018 AFL Women's draft
The 2018 AFL Women's (AFLW) draft consisted of the various periods when the ten clubs in the AFL Women's, Australian rules football women's competition could recruit players prior to the competition's 2019 AFL Women's season, 2019 season.
As i ...
by Geelong,
and made her AFLW debut during the first round of the
2019 season, against
Collingwood at
GMHBA Stadium
Kardinia Park (also known as GMHBA Stadium due to naming rights) is a sporting and entertainment venue located within Kardinia Park, South Geelong, in the Australian state of Victoria. The stadium, which is owned and operated by the Kardinia P ...
.
In June 2022, Taylor retired from football, following a season on the inactive list.
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Geelong Football Club (AFLW) players
2000 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
Geelong Falcons players (Talent League Girls)
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