John Taylor (12 December 1885 – 15 September 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 120 Southern League appearances as a inside right for Gillingham.[4] He also played in the Scottish League for Leith Athletic and in the Football League for Hull City.[1][5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Taylor[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1885[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Elgin, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 15 September 1916 (aged 30)[3] | ||
| Place of death | Somme, France | ||
| Position(s) | Inside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1907 | Parkhead | ||
| 1908–1909 | Hull City | 9 | (3) |
| 1909 | Tunbridge Wells Rangers | ||
| 1909–1913 | Gillingham | 123 | (37) |
| 1910 | → Leith Athletic (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1913–1914 | Distillery | ||
| 1914–1915 | Leith Athletic | 27 | (20) |
| 1915–1916 | St Bernard's | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
editTaylor served as a private in the Royal Scots during the First World War and was killed on the Somme on 15 September 1916.[3] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[3]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hull City | 1907–08[2] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 1908–09[2] | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 3 | |||
| Total | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 3 | |||
| Gillingham | 1909–10[6] | Southern League First Division | 34 | 19 | 5 | 1 | — | 39 | 20 | |
| 1910–11[6] | 37 | 9 | 4 | 6 | — | 41 | 15 | |||
| 1911–12[6] | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 6 | |||
| 1912–13[6] | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 20 | 4 | |||
| Total | 123 | 37 | 14 | 8 | — | 137 | 45 | |||
| Leith Athletic (loan) | 1910–11[5] | Scottish League Second Division | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Leith Athletic | 1914–15[5] | Scottish League Second Division | 27 | 20 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 28 | 20 | |
| Total | 30 | 20 | — | 1 | 0 | 31 | 20 | |||
| Career total | 162 | 60 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 171 | 68 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Scottish Qualifying Cup
References
edit- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 283. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
- ^ a b c "46 Jock Taylor". On Cloud Seven. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. p. 129. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
- ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ a b c d "Jock Taylor". Gillingham FC Scrapbook. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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