Curtis Taylor (born 6 April 2000) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er playing for

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). He previously played for

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or colloquially the Roos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AF ...

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(AFL). Taylor played junior football in the

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before he was selected in the 2018 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut in the 2019 season.

Junior career

In 2016, Taylor played in a senior Essendon District Football League premiership with Keilor. He played football the next year for the

Calder Cannons The Calder Cannons is an Australian rules football club from Melbourne, Australia. The club competes in the Talent League, the Victorian Statewide Under-18s competition, and fields squads in the Under-15s, Under-16s and Under-18s. The club was f ...

in the

as a bottom-ager. In 2018, Taylor averaged one goal and 18 disposals per match for the Cannons and represented Vic Metro at the

2018 AFL Under 18 Championships The 2018 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships was the 23rd edition of the AFL Under-18 Championships. The tournament was played in two divisions, with the best players from across the entire Division 2 Academy series, combined into an Allies team ...

. Throughout the year, he mostly played as a forward but had stints in the midfield. Ahead of the 2018 AFL draft, Taylor strained his adductor and was unable to test at the draft combine. He was considered likely to be drafted in the late first round to second round – he was invited by the AFL to the first night of the draft – and often compared to medium West Coast forward Mark LeCras. Taylor's accurate kicking and marking were praised but his speed was highlighted as a deficiency.

AFL career

Taylor was drafted by North Melbourne with pick 46 in the 2018 national draft. He was often cited as a draft "slider", which ''

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'' attributed to clubs' concerns over his commitment at training. He made his AFL debut in round 8 of the 2019 season after Scott Thompson was ruled out with an adductor injury. At the end of the

2024 AFL season The 2024 AFL season was the 128th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 18 clubs and ran from 7 March to 28 September, comprising ...

Taylor was delisted by North Melbourne.

Statistics

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Curtis Living people 2000 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Calder Cannons players North Melbourne Football Club players People educated at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School 21st-century Australian sportsmen Collingwood Football Club players