Gordon Taylor (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gordon Alexander Taylor[1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 December 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Ashton-under-Lyne, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) |
Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1959–1960 | Curzon Ashton | ||
1960–1962 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1970 | Bolton Wanderers | 258 | (41) |
1970–1976 | Birmingham City | 166 | (9) |
1976–1978 | Blackburn Rovers | 64 | (3) |
1977 |
→ Vancouver Whitecaps (loan) | 16 | (1) |
1978–1980 | Bury | 60 | (2) |
Total | 564 | (56) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gordon Alexander Taylor
trades union, the Professional Footballers' Association, for over 40 years, between 1981 and 2021.[3] In March 2019 it was reported that he was to stand aside upon completion of a "full and open review" into the PFA's finances (presented at its 2019 AGM) along with its entire management committee and chairman Ben Purkiss.[4] He was reputed to be the highest paid union official in the world.[5] The 2020 PFA AGM is scheduled for 26 November, and is expected to appoint four non-executive directors.[6] In September 2020 the chair of the all party group on gambling, Carolyn Harris[7] voiced her reservations on gambling related harm exampled by the Union's CEO.[8] On the 1 June 2021, Taylor was formally replaced as CEO, retaining a temporary transitional advisory role to his successor.[9]
Taylor was born in
Vancouver Whitecaps. He returned to play for Blackburn and finally Bury before retiring in 1980 to work full-time for the PFA.[1][10]
Taylor earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from University of London in 1969 as an external student. In 2007, he was a member of FIFA's football committee.[5] He is an alumnus of Manchester Metropolitan University.[11]
He was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.[12]
His mobile phone messages were allegedly
News International (the owner of the News of the World) paid Taylor £700,000 in legal costs and damages in exchange for a confidentiality agreement barring him from speaking about the case.[13]
References
Infobox statistics
- "Gordon Taylor". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- "North American Soccer League Players: Gordon Taylor". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
Specific
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ISBN 1-873626-70-3.
- ^ Bhana, Mohammed (1 June 2007). "Gordon Taylor on Asians in Football". Ethnic Now. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007.
- ^ "Gordon Taylor: PFA chief executive to step down after 38 years". 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Ils font le foot anglais" [They make English football]. France Football (in French). 28 September 2007.
Le syndicaliste le mieux payé au monde (1,6 M€ annuels !). ... Diplômé en économie, membre du comité du football de la FIFA, Taylor est un interlocuteur clé des instances dirigeantes du football anglais. [The best-paid union man in the football world (€1.6 million a year!). ... A graduate economist, member of FIFA's football committee, Taylor is a key contact for the powers-that-be of English football.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ISBN 9781785364709.
- ^ "Footie union boss Gordon Taylor spotted at bookies despite admitting £100,000 gambling losses". Footie union boss Gordon Taylor spotted at bookies despite admitting £100,000 gambling losses. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Gordon Taylor". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
- ^ "Notable alumni in sport". Manchester Metropolitan University. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Roopanarine, Les (29 December 2007). "PFA head Taylor scoops OBE". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Davies, Nick (8 July 2009). "Murdoch papers paid £1m to gag phone-hacking victims". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 April 2018.