Brian Taylor Movies and Career Information

Brian Taylor (born 10 April 1962), is a former Australian rules footballer and now AFL commentator. He played with both Richmond and Collingwood during the 1980's. Taylor was only 16 when recruited from Mandurah, Western Australia to the Richmond Football Club. The mustached Taylor, known as "BT", began his VFL career with Richmond in 1980, and had the misfortune of being a full-forward at the same club as the legendary Michael Roach. It was for this reason that he was left out of the 1980 Grand Final team, and he eventually left the Tigers at the end of the 1984 season, having played 43 games and kicking 156 goals. After the 1985 season Taylor joined Collingwood and quickly became a favourite. He kicked 100 goals in 1986 to win the Coleman Medal, which remained his career highlight. Taylor retired at the end of the 1990 season at only 28 years of age, due to constant knee injuries. He had played 97 games for the Magpies, kicking 371 goals. His height was 191cms and his weight was 102kgs. In 1991 Taylor became playing coach of Prahran in the VFA, taking the club to the finals. In 1992 after kicking 16 and 9 goals in the opening two rounds, Taylor's knee finally gave way and he