Dave Taylor (footballer, born 1940)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Taylor | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Rochester, England | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Taylor (born 17 September 1940) is an English former 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]
References
- ^ "David Taylor". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Yeovil Town Goalscorers Between 01/06/1945 and 29/02/2016". Ciderspace (the Independent Yeovil Town FC website). Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Past players - T". Official Bath City FC website. Bath City F.C. Retrieved 29 February 2016.