Lewis Taylor (Australian footballer)

Australian rules footballer (born 1995)

Australian rules footballer

Lewis Taylor
Taylor in April 2019
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Squizzy
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 career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2014–2019	Brisbane Lions	112 (88)
2020–2022	Sydney	12 (6)
Total		124 (94)
Playing statistics correct to the end of round 23, 2022.
Career highlights
Ron Evans Medal: 2014
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. 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.

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. Taylor played 12 games for Sydney before being delisted at the end of the 2022 season. Taylor subsequently announced his retirement.

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 23, 2022.

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
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	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

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

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

External links

Lewis Taylor's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions
Lewis Taylor's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Ron Evans Medal • AFL Rising Star winners
1993: Buckley 1994: Scott 1995: Holland 1996: Cousins 1997: Wilson 1998: Pickett 1999: Goodes 2000: Hasleby 2001: Koschitzke 2002: Riewoldt 2003: Mitchell 2004: Rivers 2005: Deledio 2006: Pearce 2007: Selwood 2008: Palmer 2009: Rich 2010: Hannebery 2011: Heppell 2012: Talia 2013: O'Meara 2014: Taylor 2015: Hogan 2016: Mills 2017: McGrath 2018: Stephenson 2019: Walsh 2020: Serong 2021: Jackson 2022: Daicos 2023: Sheezel 2024: Dempsey

Ron Evans Medal • AFL Rising Star winners

1993: Buckley
1994: Scott
1995: Holland
1996: Cousins
1997: Wilson
1998: Pickett
1999: Goodes
2000: Hasleby
2001: Koschitzke
2002: Riewoldt
2003: Mitchell
2004: Rivers
2005: Deledio
2006: Pearce
2007: Selwood
2008: Palmer
2009: Rich
2010: Hannebery
2011: Heppell
2012: Talia
2013: O'Meara
2014: Taylor
2015: Hogan
2016: Mills
2017: McGrath
2018: Stephenson
2019: Walsh
2020: Serong
2021: Jackson
2022: Daicos
2023: Sheezel
2024: Dempsey

v t e 2014 AFL Rising Star nominees
Rd 1: Dunstan Rd 2: Buckley Rd 3: Kelly Rd 4: McDonald Rd 5: Crouch Rd 6: Aish Rd 7: Langdon Rd 8: Impey Rd 9: Taylor Rd 10: Kolodjashnij Rd 11: Merrett Rd 12: Daniher Rd 13: Bontempelli Rd 14: Billings Rd 15: Cunningham Rd 16: Menzel Rd 17: Hrovat Rd 18: Patton Rd 19: Gardiner Rd 20: Stringer Rd 21: Lloyd Rd 22: Taberner Rd 23: Martin
Italics denote winner

v t e 2013 AFL national draft
First round	1. Tom Boyd 2. Josh Kelly 3. Jack Billings 4. Marcus Bontempelli 5. Kade Kolodjashnij 6. Matthew Scharenberg 7. James Aish 8. Luke McDonald (F/S) 9. Christian Salem 10. Nathan Freeman 11. Dom Sheed 12. Ben Lennon 13. Patrick Cripps 14. Cam McCarthy 15. Zak Jones 16. Darcy Lang 17. Michael Apeness 18. Luke Dunstan 19. Blake Acres 20. Jack Leslie
Second round	21. Jarman Impey 22. Darcy Gardiner 23. Matt Crouch 24. Billy Hartung 25. Daniel McStay 26. Zach Merrett 27. Sean Lemmens 28. Lewis Taylor 29. Rory Lobb 30. Trent Dumont 31. Malcolm Karpany 32. George Hewett 33. Tom Cutler 34. Nick Robertson 35. Toby Nankervis 36. Jarrad Jansen 37. Alex Pearce 38. Dayle Garlett
Third round	39. Cameron Giles 40. Jay Kennedy Harris 41. Jake Kolodjashnij 42. Matt Fuller 43. Tom Barrass 44. Aliir Aliir 45. Mitchell Harvey 46. Riley Knight 47. Ben Brown 49. Dylan Main 50. Nathan Gordon 51. Nick Holman 52. Darcy Byrne-Jones 54. Josh Walker (RP) 55. Orazio Fantasia 56. James Sicily
Fourth round	57. Jayden Hunt 58. Brady Grey 59. Jonathon Ceglar (RP) 60. Mitch Honeychurch 61. Jamie Bennell (RP) 62. Jonathan Freeman (Academy selection) 63. George Burbury (RP) 64. Lauchlan Dalgleish (RP) 65. Tom Langdon 66. Sam Lloyd 68. Karl Amon 70. Matt Taberner (RP) 71. Will Langford (RP)
Fifth round	74. Jeremy McGovern (RP) 75. Justin Clarke (RP) 76. Kyle Hartigan (RP) 77. Jonathon Marsh 80. Brandon Jack (RP)
Sixth round	82. Mitch Clisby (RP) 83. Tom Curren (RP) 84. Brett Goodes (RP) 85. Simon Tunbridge (RP) 86. Rory Laird (RP) 87. Sam Dwyer (RP) 89. Ed Curnow (RP) 90. Dane Rampe (RP)
Seventh round	92. Adam Oxley (RP) 93. Ricky Petterd (RP) 94. Tom Bell (RP)
Eighth round	95. Zac Williams (RP)
Ninth round	97. Jake Barrett (NSW Zone)

v t e 2022 AFL rookie draft
First round	1. Jared Polec 2. Charlie Dean 3. Levi Casboult 4. Ben Davis 5. Ned Long 6. Lochie O'Brien 7. Bigoa Nyuon 8. Karl Worner 11. Patrick Voss 12. Lewis Taylor 13. Cooper Hamilton 14. Cam Ellis-Yolmen 15. Oliver Dempsey 16. Trent Dumont 17. Charlie Parker 18. Judd McVee
Second round	20. Isaac Chugg 21. Jez McLennan 23. Matt Cottrell 24. Mitch Crowden 28. Jacob Wehr 30. Sam Mayes 31. Robbie McComb
Third round	33. Connor Blakely 35. Sandy Brock 36. Bodhi Uwland

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