Bob Taylor (rugby union, born 1942)
Date of birth | 30 April 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Northampton, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb; 203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
University | King Alfred's College | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Robert Bainbridge Taylor (born 30 April 1942) is a former England rugby player and past president of the Rugby Football Union. He is from Northampton, England, and studied at King Alfred's College (now University of Winchester) from 1960 - 1963.
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Taylor was a PE and mathematics teacher at Wellingborough Grammar School from 1964 until 1975.[1][2] He was PE teacher at Lings Upper School in Northampton from 1975[citation needed]
In 1995 he was appointed Hon Secretary of Northampton RFC and served as president 1993-95. He has represented Northampton and the East Midlands on numerous committees and has served on several national committees. He was appointed to serve for one year as President of the Rugby Football Union in July 2007.[3]
References
- ^ "Masters". Archived from the original on 12 September 2005. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ISBN 0-9548689-1-9page 125
- ^ Community Rugby – East Midlands celebrate presidency double Community Rugby article on Bob Taylor's appointment as RFU president