Gilbert Roy Taylor (9 July 1900 – 1 April 1980) was an

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er who played for Fitzroy and coached

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in the

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(VFL). Originally from Warragul, Taylor spent four seasons at Fitzroy where he played as a defender. His last league game was the 1922 Grand Final win, in which he starred from the

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. A policeman, he had been transferred to Geelong in 1922 but having failed to gain a clearance from Fitzroy he left the club after the Grand Final. The following season he joined Geelong as non playing coach and steered the club to the finals. In 1924 he went to Western Australia and played for West Perth for two years, winning selection for Western Australia in their

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team. He returned to Victoria in 1926 as playing coach for the Geelong Association side in the Victorian Football Association. In 1928 he became player-coach of Preston.

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Bert Taylor's coaching statistics
from AFL Tables
Bert Taylor's VFA statistics
from the VFA Project 1900 births 1980 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Warragul Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club premiership players Geelong Football Club coaches West Perth Football Club players Northern Bullants players VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1900-stub