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Percy Taylor
Personal information
Full name Percy Allan Taylor
Date of birth (1919-04-10)10 April 1919
Place of birth Allansford, Victoria[1]
Date of death 28 August 1979(1979-08-28) (aged 60)
Original team(s) Geelong West
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939–1940 Geelong 25 (21)
1943 South Melbourne 7 (16)
1944–1945 Melbourne 9 (19)
Total 41 (56)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Percy Allan Taylor (10 April 1919 – 28 August 1979) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong, South Melbourne and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Taylor was the joint second leading goalkicker for Melbourne in the 1944 VFL season, with 17 goals from only seven games.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 816. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ^ "AFL Tables – 1944 Stats – Player Lists". AFL Tables. Retrieved 14 November 2014.