Roy Taylor (footballer)

Roy Taylor (11 April 1896 – 11 June 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Roy Taylor
Personal information
Full name	Roy Taylor
Date of birth	(1896-04-11)11 April 1896
Place of birth	Norwood, South Australia
Date of death	11 June 1971(1971-06-11) (aged 75)
Place of death	Coburg North, Victoria
Original team(s)	Beverley
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1913–14	Richmond City
1915	Beverley
1916–18	Richmond (VFL)	33 (13)
1919	Brunswick (VFA)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of William David Taylor (1858-1905),^[2] and Elizabeth Taylor (1862-1915), née Robertson,^[3] Roy Taylor was born at Norwood, South Australia on 11 April 1896.

He married Margaret "Maggie" Davey (1983-1964) in 1919.^[4][5]

Football

Richmond (VFL)

Recruited from Beverley Juniors,^[6] he made his debut for Richmond, against Collingwood, at Punt Road, on 6 May 1916,^[7] and went on to play in all of the season's 12 home-and-away matches, as well as in Richmond's Semi-Final loss to Carlton, 9.11 (65) to 12.10 (82).^[8]

Although he did not play in the 1917 season's first game, against Collingwood, at Victoria Park, on 12 May 1917, he played in each of remaining 14 home-and-away games.

He played in seven of Richmond's fourteen home-and-away matches in 1918.

Brunswick (VFA)

He was cleared from Richmond to Brunswick in 1919.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.872.
2. In Memoriam: Taylor, The (Adelaide) Express and Telegraph, (Thursday, 13 December 1906), p.1.
3. Deaths: Taylor, The Argus, (Monday, 5 July 1915), p.1.
4. Personal, The Richmond Guardian, (Saturday, 11 January 1919), p.2.
5. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration No.3913/1919.
6. To-Day’s Game at Richmond Ground, The Richmond Guardian, (Saturday, 10 April 1915), p.3.
7. 'Pivot', "Football: Opening of the Season", The Age, (Friday, 5 May 1916), p.9.
8. Football: Second Semi-Final: Carlton v. Richmond: Carlton Wins, (Saturday, 19 August 1916), p.3.
9. Victorian Association, The Argus, (Thursday, 8 May 1919), p.4.
10. Brunswick v. Hawthorn, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 10 May 1919), p.3.
11. Brunswick Unbeaten, The Argus, (Monday, 19 May 1919), p.3.
12. Northcote v. Brunswick, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 24 May 1919), p.2.

References

• Hogan P: The Tigers of Old: A complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1996, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

• Roy Taylor's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Roy Taylor at AustralianFootball.com
• Roy Taylor, at The VFA Project.