Dave Taylor (footballer, born 1940)

Dave Taylor
Personal information
Full name David Taylor
Date of birth (1940-09-17)17 September 1940
Place of birth Rochester, England
Date of death 12 March 2017(2017-03-12) (aged 76)
Place of death Yeovil, England
Playing position Inside forward
Youth career
Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1959 Gillingham 21 (3)
1959–1960 Portsmouth 2 (0)
1960–1969 Yeovil Town
1969–1971 Bath City
1971–? Cheltenham Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

Taylor died in March 2017 aged 76.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "David Taylor". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Yeovil Town Goalscorers Between 01/06/1945 and 29/02/2016". Ciderspace (the Independent Yeovil Town FC website). Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Past players - T". Official Bath City FC website. Bath City F.C. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dave Taylor 1940–2017". Yeovil Town F.C. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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