Chuck Taylor (American football)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 24, 1920 Portland, Oregon |
| Died | May 7, 1994 (aged 74) Stanford, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1940–1942 | Stanford |
| 1946 | Miami Seahawks |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1948 | Stanford (freshmen) |
| 1949–1950 | San Francisco 49ers (assistant) |
| 1951–1957 | Stanford |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1963–1971 | Stanford |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 40–29–2 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 PCC (1951) | |
| Awards | |
| All-American, 1942 AFCA Coach of the Year (1951) | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1984 (profile) | |
Charles Albert Taylor (January 24, 1920 – May 7, 1994) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at Stanford University from 1940 to 1942, returned as head football coach from 1951 to 1957, and served as the school's athletic director from 1963 to 1971. During his coaching tenure at Stanford, Taylor compiled a 40–29–2 record and led the Indians to the 1952 Rose Bowl his first season. That same season, at the age of 31, Taylor was named AFCA Coach of the Year, the youngest recipient of the award ever.[1]
As a sophomore, Taylor was one of the "Wow Boys" on the undefeated 1940 Stanford Indians football team and played in Stanford's 1941 Rose Bowl victory over Nebraska.[1][2] As a senior in 1942, he was an All-American guard.[1][2]
By coaching his team to the 1952 Rose Bowl, Taylor became the second person to have participated in the Rose Bowl Game both as a player and a head coach. The first was Wallace Wade who played for Brown in the 1916 bowl game and coached Alabama in 1926,1927 and 1931. Wade also coached Duke University in the Rose Bowl (1939 and 1941). Only six other men have accomplished this feat since Taylor.[3]
After leaving coaching in 1957, Taylor returned to Stanford in 1963 as athletic director, where he served until 1971, when Stanford played in the 1971 Rose Bowl, giving him the distinction of being only one of two men who has participated in a Rose Bowl Game as a player, coach, and athletic director.[1][2] The other man is Jess Hill of USC, who played in the 1930 Rose Bowl, coached in the 1953 and 1955 Rose Bowls, and was athletic director for the 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1970 Rose Bowls.
For many years Taylor and his wife also directed a camp for young people in the coastal range of Northern California near Santa Cruz, called Mountain Camp, where hundreds of young people enjoyed two-week sessions with unlimited recreation and character-building activities.[1]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Indians (Pacific Coast Conference) (1951–1957) | |||||||||
| 1951 | Stanford | 9–2 | 6–1 | 1st | L Rose | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1952 | Stanford | 5–5 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1953 | Stanford | 6–3–1 | 5–1–1 | 2nd | 17 | 19 | |||
| 1954 | Stanford | 4–6 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1955 | Stanford | 6–3–1 | 3–2–1 | 3rd | 20 | 16 | |||
| 1956 | Stanford | 4–6 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1957 | Stanford | 6–4 | 4–3 | 5th | |||||
| Stanford: | 40–29–2 | 25–20–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 40–29–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- ^ a b c d e "Chuck Taylor". College Football Hall of Fame.
- ^ a b c Gary Migdol (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Sagamore Publishing. p. 104.
- ^ "Coaching Legends - Appeared as Both a Player and a Head Coach". Tournament of Roses.
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