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]