Bert McTaggart

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 career^1
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 defence, 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