Dave Taylor (footballer, born 1940) explained

Dave Taylor
Fullname:David Taylor
Birth Date:17 September 1940
Birth Place:Rochester, England
Death Place:Yeovil, England
Position:Inside forward
Youthclubs1:Gillingham
Years1:1957–1959
Caps1:21
Goals1:3
Years2:1959–1960
Caps2:2
Goals2:0
Years3:1960–1969
Years4:1969–1971
Years5:1971–?

David Taylor (17 September 1940 – 12 March 2017) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward.

Taylor started his career at Gillingham where he played 21 appearances in the Football League scoring 3 goals, before leaving for Portsmouth where he made a further two Football League appearances. At the end of the 1959–60 season, Taylor dropped into non-league football joining Southern Football League side Yeovil Town. In nine seasons with Yeovil, Taylor scored 284 goals in 436 matches setting a post-war club record as top scorer.[1] Taylor left Yeovil in April 1969, signing for their local rivals Bath City scoring a further 46 goals in 149 appearances before his departure in November 1971 for Cheltenham Town.[2]

Taylor died in March 2017 aged 76.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yeovil Town Goalscorers Between 01/06/1945 and 29/02/2016 . Ciderspace (the Independent Yeovil Town FC website) . 29 February 2016 .
  2. Web site: Past players - T . Official Bath City FC website . Bath City F.C. . 29 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170102180357/http://www.bathcityfc.com/pastplayers_t.htm . 2 January 2017 . dead .
  3. Web site: Dave Taylor 1940–2017 . Yeovil Town F.C. . 13 March 2017 . 13 March 2017 . 14 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170314152331/http://www.ytfc.net/news/article/2016-17/dave-taylor-1940-2017-3622793.aspx . live .