Troy Taylor (b. 12 September 1991) 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 who played for

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in the

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(AFL). Originally from

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(CAFL) club South Alice Springs, Taylor was a talented junior footballer who had piqued the interest of

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Football Club, who sought to name Taylor in their training squad in the lead up to their debut in the

2011 AFL season The 2011 AFL season was the 115th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sev ...

. Taylor declines and instead nominated for the

2009 AFL Draft The 2009 AFL draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2009/10 Australian Football League off-season. These were the trade week (held between 5 October and 9 October), the national draft (held on 26 November), the ...

, where Richmond drafted him with their fourth round pick (number 51 overall). Taylor made his senior AFL debut against

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in round 4 of the 2010 season but continually suffered homesickness, twice walking out on Richmond and their

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(VFL) affiliate

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. Taylor did not return to Richmond for the 2011 season and was delisted by the club at the end of the year. Taylor was recruited for the 2012 season by Walla Walla Football Club in the southern New South Wales based

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but after starring in the first few rounds, did not return to the club after a trip back to Alice Springs to visit his family.McNichol, A. "We of the Walla Walla", ''The Sunday Age'', 15 July 2012, p. 14 Sports supplement.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Troy 1991 births Living people Richmond Football Club players Coburg Football Club players Australian rules footballers from the Northern Territory Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football 21st-century Indigenous Australian people Northern Territory Football Club players Southern Districts Football Club players Darwin Football Club players Wanderers Football Club players 21st-century Australian sportsmen