John Paskin Taylor
British field hockey player
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John Paskin Taylor (18 March 1928 – 9 March 2015) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Born | 18 March 1928 Bangalore, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 March 2015 (aged 86) Boulogne-Billancourt, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Inside-right/winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Taylor was born in Bangalore, British India, the son of a Wesleyan minister. He was educated at Kingswood School in Bath and studied at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]
He played for and became secretary of the Cambridge University hockey team and won his blue in 1951 and 1952.[2] After Cambridge he played club hockey for Rhyl Hockey Club and represented Wales at international level.[3]
Taylor received the call up for the Olympics in May 1952 and was one of three Welshman in the team with Graham Dadds and Bill Lindsay-Smith.[4] He subsequently represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki,[5] where he won the bronze medal. He played one match as forward.
