Bert McTaggart

Bert McTaggart
Personal information
Full name Albert Robert McTaggart
Date of birth 20 April 1916
Date of death 11 August 1997(1997-08-11) (aged 81)
Original team(s) Williamstown
Height/Weight 185 cm / 79 kg
Playing career1
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
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