fullname heightweight death_date years clubs birth_place position statsend coachyears birth_date coachclubs article_title name
albert dominic taylor 183 cm / 80 kg 15 january 1994 1939-41 1942 , 1947-48 1949-54 west adelaide south melbourne glenelg largs bay , south australia half back 1954 1965 24 june 1920 west adelaide don taylor -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 don taylor
don taylor -lrb- footballer -rrb-

albert dominic `` don '' taylor -lrb- 24 june 1920 - 15 january 1994 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for south melbourne in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
he also played with west adelaide and glenelg in the south australian national football league -lrb- sanfl -rrb- .
the son of john taylor sr. , who played 56 games for sanfl club port adelaide from 1915 to 1923 , taylor , along with his brothers john jnr .
and laurie , began his career at west adelaide and finished it at glenelg .
in between he had two separate stints with south melbourne , the first while on war service in 1942 when he appeared in five vfl games , two of them finals , including their preliminary final loss to essendon .
he returned in 1947 and from mid season was used as a forward and on the ball , kicking at least two goals in each of his final six games .
in one of those games , against hawthorn at glenferrie oval , he kicked a career best bag of six goals .
as a result of his consistent performances up forward in 1947 , taylor remained there in 1948 and kicked five goals against richmond in the opening round .
he finished the year in defense , his preferred position while at west adelaide , and in 1949 returned to south australia and joined glenelg .
taylor won glenelg 's ` best and fairest ' award in both 1950 and 1952 before playing the last of his 135 sanfl games in 1954 .
he was recognised in the 1952 ` sporting life ' team of the year as a half back flanker and represented south australia in nine interstate matches during his career .
his final contribution to south australian football came in 1965 when he coached west adelaide for the season .
the club however struggled and finished the year in ninth position -lrb- of ten -rrb- .
