| Bill McTaggart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Bill McTaggart | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1921 | ||
| Date of death | 22 December 2009 (aged 88) | ||
| Original team(s) | Williamstown District | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1943–45 | Footscray | 47 (56) | |
| 1947 | South Melbourne | 1 (0) | |
| Total | 48 (56) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Bill McTaggart (23 February 1921 – 22 December 2009) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.
The Western Bulldogs is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Founded in 1877 in Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, the club won nine premierships in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before gaining entry to the Victorian Football League in 1925. The club has won two VFL/AFL premierships, in 1954 and 2016, and was runner up in 1961.
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874, the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982, thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria.
