title: Jim Taylor (footballer, born 1893)
text: # Jim Taylor (footballer, born 1893)
  
  James Taylor (27 October 1893 – 15 December 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Family
  
  The son of James Taylor, J.P. (1949-1902), the secretary of McCracken's City Brewery, and Mary Taylor (1849-1927), née Russell, James Taylor was born at Essendon, Victoria on 27 October 1893.
  
  ## Football
  
  He played in one senior match for Essendon, against St Kilda, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 18 May 1918, at a time when Essendon was having great difficulty fielding teams — having not contested either the 1916 or 1917 VFL season.
  
  ## Military service
  
  At the age of 48, Taylor, a grocer, enlisted in the Volunteer Defence Corps, and served in the 9th Battalion of VDC during World War II.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died at Hamilton, Victoria on 15 December 1969.
  
  