Jim Taylor (Australian footballer)

Infobox afl player | firstname = Jim
lastname = Taylor




birthdate = 6 January 1932
birthplace =
originalteam = Caulfield Grammarians (VAFA)
heightweight = 191 cm / 87 kg
dead =
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 16 July 1949
debutteam =
South Melbourne
debutopponent =
St Kilda
debutstadium = Junction Oval
playingteams = South Melbourne (1949-54) (1956-61)
* 153 games, 35 goals
Norwood (1955)
*13 games
coach =
coachingteams =
statsend = 1961
careerhighlights =

* Best and Fairest, South Melbourne (1953, 1957)
* Victorian Interstate team 13 games
* South Australian Interstate team 4 games

Jim Taylor (born 6 January 1932) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL during the 1950s.

Junior career

He was recruited from the V.A.F.A. team Caulfield Grammarians.

He had previously played in Caulfield Grammar School's First XVIII, and had also won both the senior high jump and the senior 100 yards sprint for CGS at the 1948 Associated Grammar Schools Combined Athletics Meeting.

Senior career

He played his first senior match for South Melbourne on 16 July 1949 (round 13) against St Kilda at the St Junction Oval (he kicked one goal).

He played as both a defender (mainly centre-half back) and ruckman for South Melbourne, and was a regular for both Victoria and South Melbourne during the next decade.

He played 81 senior games with South Melbourne between 1949 and 1954.

In 1955, he moved to Norwood in the South Australian National Football League. He played 13 S.A.F.L. games for Norwood, including the Grand Final, in which he was the best player for the losing team.

He played four Interstate matches for South Australia in 1955.

He then returned to South Melbourne and played another 72 senior VFL matches from 1956 to 1961.

In addition to his 4 games for South Australia, he represented Victoria at interstate football 13 occasions.

Awards

He was South Melbourne's Best and Fairest player in 1953 and 1957.

In 1957 he was fourth in the Brownlow Medal, and in 1961, his final VFL season, he finished equal fifth.

External links

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* [http://stats.afl.com.au/public/statistics/player_roundbyround/1949/15/player_roundbyround_15_1949.shtml?club_idIndex=14&season_idIndex=58 AFL Player Statistics (Round by Round): South Melbourne Football Club 1949]
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/t-u-v.htm#Jim_Taylor_(South_Melbourne_&_Norwood) Full Points Footy profile]