{"id":79361,"date":"2023-07-22T04:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=79361"},"modified":"2023-07-20T12:38:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T02:38:02","slug":"maxs-medal-bannockburn-stonehaven-legend-reflects-on-club-honour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/sport\/maxs-medal-bannockburn-stonehaven-legend-reflects-on-club-honour\/","title":{"rendered":"Max&#8217;s medal: Bannockburn\/Stonehaven legend reflects on club honour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A BANNOCKBURN Football Netball Club legend has been awarded an honour of service by the club he has dedicated most of his life to.<\/p>\n<p>Max Taylor, 94, has served the club in some capacity since 1948 and said the creation of the Max Taylor Medal in his honour sat very proudly with him.<\/p>\n<p>At Bannockburn FNC&#8217;s annual Past Players Day, the best player on the day will now be awarded the Max Taylor Medal, with the inaugural medal awarded last month to Tigers player Connor Jervies.<\/p>\n<p>A Richmond Football Club fan since day one, Taylor was critical in founding the modern-day Bannockburn Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor pedalled his bike from his home in Fyansford as a youngster to watch the Elliot Cup Association finals matches played at Bannockburn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the time, Bannockburn FNC were not named the Tigers, then donning the black and white vertical stripes more commonly associated with the Collingwood Football Club,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I idolised the famous Jack Dyer and adored the yellow and black. I wondered why there couldn&#8217;t be a team closer to his home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some other likeminded locals and I toyed with the idea of utilising some land at Stonehaven and creating a new team, rather than taking the long push bike trek to Bannockburn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/07\/image_50443521_48124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"539\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of the inaugural Stonehaven Football Club in 1950.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Richmond Football Club&#8217;s administration provided critical assistance to Taylor, providing the required resources to get Stonehaven Football Club&#8217;s foundations laid in 1950.<\/p>\n<p>The newly formed club adopted the Richmond colours, and the first uniform was created.<\/p>\n<p>Proudly wearing the yellow and black, Taylor ran out with his new teammates in the inaugural Stonehaven Football Club team for round one against Elaine, which resulted in a win.<\/p>\n<p>The club progressed through the 1950s and 1960s, growing in strength, numbers, and playing a vital role in local football.<\/p>\n<p>In 1952 the Elliot Cup Association folded as Bannockburn, Lethbridge and Elaine were unable to field a team, so the remaining teams, including Stonehaven, entered the Geelong and District Football League (GDFL).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 528px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/07\/image_50450945_48127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"513\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bannockburn Football Netball Club legend Max Taylor tossing the 2019 GDFNL Grand Final coin pre-match.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With Bannockburn in decline in 1968, Taylor and the Stonehaven FC committee approached the Shire of Bannockburn with the idea moving Stonehaven into town, to use the better playing conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The Bannockburn councillors welcomed the club as new tenants and an agreement was struck for Stonehaven to take up the new home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The club played as Stonehaven\/Bannockburn in the 1968\/69 seasons, before Stonehaven was dropped and the Bannockburn Football Club as we know them today commenced in 1970, with Geelong West football legend Mel Winter as the inaugural coach,&#8221; Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From there on, the Bannockburn Tigers were born and the rest, they say, is history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Taylor is widely regarded as a founding father of the Bannockburn Tigers and was selected to toss a commemorative coin before the 2019 GDFNL Grand Final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A BANNOCKBURN Football Netball Club legend has been awarded an honour of service by the club he has dedicated most of his life to. 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