Saunders Taylor | |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1875 |
Birth Place: | Norfolk, Virginia |
Death Date: | 1958 |
Alma Mater: | University of Virginia |
Player Years1: | 1891 - 1893 |
Player Team1: | Johns Hopkins |
Player Years2: | 1894 |
Player Team2: | Virginia |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 1895 - 1896 |
Coach Team1: | Virginia Tech (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1898 - 1908 |
Coach Team2: | Virginia (assistant) |
Championships: | Southern (1894) |
Awards: | All-Southern (1895) |
John Saunders Taylor (February 23, 1875 - 1958) was an American college football player and coach as well as an attorney.
He was born on February 23, 1875, in Norfolk, Virginia,[1] the son of Walter Herron Taylor.[2]
Taylor attended Johns Hopkins University and received a degree in electrical engineering.[3] He played football and baseball.
He then attended the University of Virginia, where he was one of the school's great quarterbacks.[4]
Taylor was selected All-Southern for his one season of work in 1894.[5]
He assisted his alma mater and Arlie C. Jones at V. P. I.[6]