Ian Taylor (field hockey)
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| Full name | Ian Charles Boucher Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Charles Boucher Taylor (born 24 September 1954) is a former
Rugby Club
.
He was a member of the gold winning
Taylor has held a number of honorary roles within sports administration including Minister's nominee on the
Sports Council (with a UK remit), director of the GB ice hockey Board and a director of the British Olympic Association. He was also a commentator for BBC Sport between 1988 and 1996. He was previously the chief executive for sportscotland, following the departure of Ian Robson in July 2004.[3] He was also the short lived CEO of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain but resigned over a policy introduced under his tenure that saw the pooling of samples.[4]
Taylor was born in Bromsgrove, England, and was a student at Borough Road College, Isleworth, London. He returned to the college on several occasions to lecture and coach hockey. He has played club hockey for East Grinstead Hockey Club.
References
- ^ "Ian Taylor Bio, Stats, and Results - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Remembering the boys of 86 - Sports Journalists' Association". 17 October 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- TheGuardian.com. 2 March 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Taylor resigns from GBGB; CEO departs in wake of row over sampling.15 Sep 2009". Racing Post.
External links
- Ian Taylor at Olympedia
- Ian Taylor at Team GB
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