Jeff Taylor (footballer)

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Jeff Taylor
Personal information
Full name Jeffrey Neilson Taylor[1]
Date of birth (1930-09-20)20 September 1930
Place of birth Huddersfield, England
Date of death 28 December 2010(2010-12-28) (aged 80)[2]
Place of death Holmfirth, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1951 Huddersfield Town 68 (27)
1951–1954 Fulham 33 (14)
1954–1957 Brentford 94 (34)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jeffrey Neilson Taylor (20 September 1930 – 28 December 2010) was an English professional

Football League for Huddersfield Town, Fulham and Brentford as a forward. He went on to perform opera.[3]

Football career

In an eight-year career as a professional footballer, Taylor played in the

hat-trick in one of his early appearances against Middlesbrough,[2][5] before his music studies began to take precedence and he dropped out of the first team picture.[6] He was Brentford's second-highest scorer in the 1956–57 season, his last in football.[1] Taylor finished his career having scored 84 goals in 204 games.[1] Looking back in 1997 on his premature retirement, Taylor said, "singing won the day. I had no long-term ambitions in football and I realised that it was impossible to marry the two".[6]

Opera career

While still a footballer, Taylor was able to use his wages to pay for his studies in

Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow and he remained in the role for 18 years.[3]

Personal life

His younger brother,

London University.[6] After retiring from teaching, Taylor retired to Yorkshire.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Huddersfield Town 1949–50[4] First Division 21 11 0 0 21 11
1950–51[4] 34 11 3 2 37 13
1951–52[4] 13 5 ― 13 5
Total 68 27 3 2 71 29
Fulham
1951–52[5]
 First Division 21 4 0 0 21 4
Brentford 1954–55[7] Third Division South 13 4 0 0 13 4
1955–56[7] 43 15 2 1 45 16
1956–57[7] 38 15 2 2 40 17
Total 94 34 4 3 98 37
Career total 203 73 7 5 210 78

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0955294914
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  2. ^ a b "Jeff Taylor". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d Chalke, Stephen. "Jeff Taylor: Footballer who went on to forge a career as a popular singer and inspirational teacher". The Independent. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "Player Profile - Taylor, Jeff". Huddersfield Town AFC Archive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b Jeff Taylor at WorldFootball.net
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Brentford Matchday Magazine versus Grimsby Town. Quay Design of Poole. 30 August 1997. p. 22.
  7. ^
    ISBN 0951526200
    .

External links
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