Zane Taylor (footballer)
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| Zane Taylor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Zane Taylor | ||
| Born | 28 February 1957 | ||
| Original team | Southport[1] | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1980–1983 | Geelong | 27 (12) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1983. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Zane Taylor (born 28 February 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1980s. He spent time as a forward and midfielder during his career but it was as a half back flanker that he made the official "Queensland Team of the Century" in 2003.
His 26 interstate appearance for Queensland is a record and the medal given to the best player for the state in interstate matches is now named after him.
Taylor grew up in a Housing Commission estate in Footscray, Victoria a suburb of Melbourne.[2] He played junior football with the Footscray Football Club colts where he was one of the team's star players.[3] Moving to the Gold Coast, Queensland as a teenager, he began playing with QAFL Southport Sharks the age of 17 where he would star at Southport.[4] In 1977, after two straight premierships with the Sharks, 19 year old Taylor was poached by his former club Footscray who made an offer to Taylor to play in the VFL.[3] Taylor however turned it down, renewing his contract with Southport for another 3 years.[3] At the end of his contract, following multiple Best and Fairests awards with Southport, he was once again approached by VFL clubs, this time signing with the Geelong Football Club.