Taylor Walker (footballer)

Taylor Walker
Walker playing for Adelaide in June 2019
Personal information
Full name Taylor Walker
Nickname(s) Tex, The Texan
Date of birth (1990-04-25) 25 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Broken Hill, New South Wales
Original team(s) North Broken Hill (BHFL)
NSW/ACT Rams (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 75 (NSW SP), 2007 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2009, Adelaide vs. Collingwood, at MCG
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 102 kg (225 lb)
Position(s) Key forward
Club information
Current club Adelaide
Number 13
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2009– Adelaide 278 (641)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2020 All Stars 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2020.
Career highlights

Adelaide

AFL

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Taylor Walker (born 25 April 1990) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).[1] He is a former NSW Scholarship player with the club,[2] and was drafted with pick 75 in the 2007 national draft.[3] Walker previously captained Adelaide from 2015 to 2019.

In 2020, Walker became Adelaide's all-time leading goalkicker.[4] Walker kicked a career-high 76 goals in 2023, making the All-Australian team for the first time.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference captain was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference scholarship was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Barca, Jarryd (28 July 2016). "From Patrick Dangerfield to Taylor Walker, here are the best draft finds of the past decade in the AFL". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Australian Football - Adelaide Football Club - Most Goals". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).