Herbie Taylor
Collingwood
AFL career
5 games5 goals
- Debut
- R9 1923 v MEL7 July 1923
- Most recent
- R13 1923 v GEE4 Aug 1923
Stats
Bio
A local Abbotsford product with the middle name Kitchener, Herbie Taylor was a leadlight worker whose path to Victoria Park included a brief, non-combat enlistment in the Australian Army just as World War I concluded. After impressing with the Collingwood District side, the diminutive utility received his senior opportunity midway through the 1923 season when a bout of influenza sidelined several regular players. Taylor was immediately thrown into the midfield, debuting in the centre and playing on the wing before showing his capacity near the big sticks. He managed to boot five goals in his short five-game stint—averaging a goal a game—before returning to the District team for the remainder of the year.
Profile
- Full name
- Herbie K. Taylor
- Born
- 30 Jan 1899
- Died
- 31 May 1972 (aged 73y 122d)
- Birthplace
- Abbotsford, VIC
- Deathplace
- Caulfield South, VIC
Teams
Bio
1 revisionA local Abbotsford product with the middle name Kitchener, Herbie Taylor was a leadlight worker whose path to Victoria Park included a brief, non-combat enlistment in the Australian Army just as World War I concluded. After impressing with the Collingwood District side, the diminutive utility received his senior opportunity midway through the 1923 season when a bout of influenza sidelined several regular players. Taylor was immediately thrown into the midfield, debuting in the centre and playing on the wing before showing his capacity near the big sticks. He managed to boot five goals in his short five-game stint—averaging a goal a game—before returning to the District team for the remainder of the year.