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Percy Taylor
Personal information
Full name Percy Allen Taylor
Date of birth (1919-04-10)10 April 1919
Place of birth Allansford, Victoria[1]
Date of death 28 December 1979(1979-12-28) (aged 60)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
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)
1939–1941 Geelong 25 (21)
1943 South Melbourne 07 (16)
1944–1945 Melbourne 09 (20)
1945–1946 Port Melbourne (VFA)
Total 41 (57)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Percy Allen Taylor (10 April 1919 – 28 December 1979) was an 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

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  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.
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