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Dave Tayloe

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Dave Tayloe
North Carolina Tar Heels
PositionHalfback
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1894-09-12)September 12, 1894
Washington, North Carolina
Died:September 14, 1934(1934-09-14) (aged 40)
Washington, North Carolina
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career history
CollegeNorth Carolina (1914–1915)

David Thomas Tayloe Jr. (September 12, 1894 – September 14, 1934) was an American college football player and physician.

College football

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Tayloe was twice captain of North Carolina Tar Heels football teams.[1][2][3] He tied for the longest run of the 1915 college football season with a 90-yard sprint. In 1914, he made Outing magazine's "Football Roll of Honor."[4] That team won all its games by large scores except for the last week when it was defeated by Virginia. The Atlanta Constitution called Tayloe "one of the most brilliant backs in the south today."[5]

References

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  1. ^ University of North Carolina ... football blue book for press and radio. 1953. p. 29.
  2. ^ "National Stars of the Gridiron". St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls. 42: 1092. 1915.
  3. ^ "The Thanksgiving Day Game". Carolina Alumni Review: 73.
  4. ^ "FOOTBALL ROLL OF HONOR: The Men Whom the Best Coaches of the Country Have Named as the Stars of the Gridiron in 1914" (PDF). Outing. 1915. p. 498. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "Carolina Leader" (PDF). Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1914.[permanent dead link]