Laurie Taylor (Australian footballer)

Laurie Taylor
Personal information
Date of birth 12 October 1918
Date of death 18 October 1980(1980-10-18) (aged 62)
Original team(s) West Adelaide
Height/Weight 188 cm (6'2")/ 81.5 kg (12 st 12 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1944, 1947 Richmond 20 (48)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947 season.

Laurie Taylor (12 October 1918 – 18 October 1980)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the Richmond Football Club and in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) for West Adelaide and Glenelg Football Clubs.

Taylor was 6'2", an inch taller than fellow Richmond ruckman Jack Dyer and was a well-built centre-half forward, renowned for his strong marking.

War service

Taylor served with the 2nd AIF in Borneo during World War II.[2]

Shoulder dislocation

On 17 May 1947, in the first match that Taylor played after his discharge from the A.I.F., Richmond was playing Hawthorn and Taylor was playing in the ruck. At the first bounce, Taylor punched the ball an amazing 40 yd (37 m) and, at the same time, dislocated his shoulder.[3]

The Taylor football family

Laurie's record as a player and as a coach is impressive:

His family were also steeped in football.

Notes

  1. "Laurie Taylor - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. World War II Nominal Roll: Lawrence Taylor (SX28428).
  3. Bottle Strikes Player on Head, The Argus, (Monday, 19 May 1947), p.12; South hang on to Chambers: wanted by VFA, The Argus, (Friday, 30 May 1947), p.12; Ross, 1996, p.178. Hawthorn went on to win the match 16.11 (107) to Richmond's 10.9 (69).
  4. Atkinson, pp. 129-30.
  5. Full Points Footy: John Taylor
  6. VFL Teams for Tomorrow, The Argus, (Friday 29 August 1947), p.18.
  7. Details of Six VFL Games, The Argus, (Monday, 1 September 1947), p.18
  8. Full Points Footy: Don Taylor

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