Lewis Taylor (Australian footballer)

Lewis Taylor
Taylor in April 2019
Personal information
Nickname(s) Squizzy[1]
Date of birth (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29)
Original team(s) Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 28, 2013 national draft
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Sydney
Number 28
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2014–2019 Brisbane Lions 112 (88)
2020–2022 Sydney 12 (6)
Total 124 (94)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 23, 2022.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lewis Taylor (born 17 February 1995) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

From Mortlake in Victoria, Taylor attended high school at Mercy Regional College, Camperdown. Taylor was drafted by the Lions with their fourth selection, pick 28, in the 2013 AFL Draft.[2] At only 173 cm, he drew comparisons with North Melbourne player Brent "Boomer" Harvey due to his ability to cut sides up throughout the middle of the ground with his pace and elite endurance.[3]

Despite having an interrupted pre-season due to a foot injury, Taylor played all 22 games for Brisbane in his debut season. He was nominated for the AFL Rising Star in round 9 and at the end of season vote count he won the award, finishing one vote ahead of Marcus Bontempelli.

At the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season, Taylor was traded to Sydney in exchange for pick 48.[4] Taylor played 12 games for Sydney before being delisted at the end of the 2022 season.[5] Taylor subsequently announced his retirement.[6]

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 23, 2022.[7]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2014 Brisbane Lions 28 22 12 8 197 174 371 88 44 0.5 0.4 9.0 7.9 16.9 4.0 2.0 0
2015 Brisbane Lions 28 22 17 10 230 229 459 92 33 0.7 0.5 10.5 10.4 20.9 4.2 1.5 0
2016 Brisbane Lions 28 19 18 13 140 139 279 61 36 0.9 0.7 7.4 7.3 14.7 3.2 1.9 0
2017 Brisbane Lions 28 22 17 15 243 185 428 87 59 0.8 0.7 11.0 8.4 19.5 4.0 2.7 1
2018 Brisbane Lions 28 22 21 7 215 175 390 98 43 1.0 0.3 9.8 8.0 17.7 4.5 2.0 0
2019 Brisbane Lions 28 5 3 5 52 30 82 21 12 0.6 1.0 10.4 6.0 16.4 4.2 2.4 0
2020[a] Sydney 28 9 6 5 51 27 78 22 20 0.7 0.6 5.7 3.0 8.7 2.4 2.2 0
2021 Sydney 28 2 0 1 6 0 6 4 1 0.0 0.5 3.0 0.0 3.0 2.0 0.5 0
2022 Sydney 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 124 94 64 1134 959 2093 473 248 0.8 0.5 9.1 7.7 16.9 3.8 2.0 1
  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. ^ Whiting, Michael (7 July 2017). "The change in Squizzy". Brisbane Lions. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. ^ Auciello, Michael (21 November 2013). "Geelong Falcon's drafting a steal for Brisbane Lions". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  3. ^ Whiting, Mike (28 November 2013). "Boomer comparison for Lions' boom recruit". Australian Football League. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ @AFL_House (16 October 2019). "Trade paperwork lodged: Brisbane..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ AFL Staff writer (30 September 2022). "Swans axe rising star winner, Irish defender after GF defeat". Australian Football League.
  6. ^ Negrepontis, Nic (9 December 2022). "Former AFL rising star winner announces retirement". Sports Entertainment Network.
  7. ^ "Lewis Taylor stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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