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Harry Taylor (footballer, born 1881)

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Harry Taylor
Personal information
Full name Henry Taylor[1]
Date of birth 1881
Place of birth Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death 27 May 1917 (aged 35–36)[2]
Place of death Pas-de-Calais, France
Position(s) Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cowie Wanderers
King's Park
1911 Dundee Hibernian 3 (0)
Falkirk 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry "Harry" Taylor (1881 – 27 May 1917) was a Scottish professional football right half who played in the Scottish League for Dundee Hibernian and Falkirk.[1][3]

Personal life

Taylor worked as a brakesman for the Callandar Coal Company.[1] He served as a private in the Gordon Highlanders during the First World War and was killed in France on 27 May 1917.[1] He was buried in Brown's Copse Cemetery, Rœux.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/pdf_Season_1916-1917_(Fell).pdf
  2. ^ a b Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Henry Taylor - Player Statistics (The Dundee United Football Club Historical Archive)". www.dufcarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-18.


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