Stuart Taylor (footballer, born 1947)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stuart Taylor | ||
Date of birth | 18 April 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1980 | Bristol Rovers | 546 | (28) |
1980–? | Bath City | ||
Managerial career | |||
1980–? | Bath City | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stuart Taylor (born 18 April 1947 in Bristol, England) is an English former footballer who spent his entire professional playing career at Bristol Rovers.
Taylor holds the record for most league appearances by anyone for Bristol Rovers with 546 league games played in his fifteen years at the club.
On leaving Rovers in 1980, Taylor was appointed as player-manager of non-league Bath City.
He had trained as a plumber in case his football career did not work out and in February 2008 was reported to be working as a plumber in Bristol.[1]
References
- Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
- ^ Struthers, Greg (2008-02-24). "Caught in time: Bristol Rovers win the Watney Cup, 1972". London: The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2009-02-04.