Bert McTaggart

Bert McTaggart
Personal information
Full name	Albert Robert McTaggart
Date of birth	20 April 1916
Date of death	11 August 1997 (aged 81)
Original team(s)	Williamstown
Height/Weight	185 cm / 79 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1940–41 1942–45 Total	Carlton Footscray	09 (6) 59 (1) 68 (7)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945 season.

Albert Robert 'Bert' McTaggart (20 April 1916 – 11 August 1997)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.^[2]

A centre half forward in Williamstown's 1939 VFA premiership team, McTaggart was used as a forward at Carlton to limited effect. He kicked three goals from full-forward in his second senior game, against North Melbourne at Princes Park.^[3]

In 1942 he crossed to Footscray where he was shifted to defense, mostly as a back pocket. He played all of Footscray's 19 games in 1944, including a Semi Final. He missed the early part of the 1945 VFL season due to a hand injury.^[4]

McTaggart finished his career in Tasmania, coaching Clarence.

References

1. "Bert McTaggart - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
2. "Bert McTaggart". blueseum.org. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
3. "Bert McTaggart". AFL Tables.
4. The Argus, "Thoms For Footscray", 7 May 1945, p. 12