Bert McTaggart

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Bert McTaggart
Personal information
Full name Albert Robert William McTaggart
Date of birth 20 April 1916
Place of birth Williamstown, Victoria
Date of death 11 August 1997(1997-08-11) (aged 81)
Place of death Hobart, Tasmania
Original team(s) Williamstown
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939 Williamstown (VFA) 21 (12)
1940–41 Carlton 09 0(6)
1941 Williamstown (VFA) 14 (20)
1942–45 Footscray 59 0(1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Albert Robert William McTaggart (20 April 1916 – 11 August 1997)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.[2]

A centre half forward in Williamstown's 1939 VFA premiership team, McTaggart was used as a forward at Carlton to limited effect. He kicked three goals from full-forward in his second senior game, against North Melbourne at Princes Park.[3]

McTaggart returned to Williamstown for the second half of the 1941 season and then in 1942 he crossed to Footscray where he was shifted to defense, mostly as a back pocket. He played all of Footscray's 19 games in 1944, including a Semi Final. He missed the early part of the 1945 VFL season due to a hand injury.[4]

McTaggart finished his football career in Tasmania, coaching Clarence, although he did return to Williamstown in 1952 and coached the Seconds.

References[]

  1. ^ "Bert McTaggart – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Bert McTaggart". blueseum.org. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Bert McTaggart". AFL Tables.
  4. ^ The Argus, "Thoms For Footscray", 7 May 1945, p. 12


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