Gerry Taylor

Football player infobox2
playername= Gerry Taylor


fullname = Gerald William Taylor
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1947|8|15
cityofbirth = Hull
countryofbirth = England
height =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = Wath Wanderers
years = 1962–1976
1967
1975
clubs = Wolverhampton Wanderers
→ Los Angeles Wolves (guest)
→ Swindon Town (loan)
caps(goals) = 154 0(1)
00- 00(-)
019 0(0)

Gerald William Taylor (born 15 August 1947 in Hull) is a former English footballer, who spent his playing career at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Career

Taylor began his football career at Wath Wanderers, the Yorkshire-based nursery club of Wolverhampton Wanderers, before heading south in 1962 to join them. After proving himself in the reserve ranks, he progressed to making his first team debut on 31 December 1966 in a goalless draw with Ipswich.

He remained in the team for the remainder of the 1966/67 season as the club won promotion to the top flight. He also was part of the club's winning of the United Soccer Association League that summer under the Los Angeles Wolves guise.

The defender was often reserve to the likes of Joe Wilson, Bobby Thomson, Bernard Shaw and Derek Parkin in the Wolves defence over his career, but played in both legs of the 1972 UEFA Cup Final. He found ever-declining opportunities in his final two seasons with the club and instead spent time out on loan at Swindon Town in Autumn 1975.

After 193 appearances in total for Wolves, he retired from the game in 1976 to join the local police force. Today, he resides in Perton and works at the RAF Museum in Cosford.

External links

* [http://www.wolvesheroes.com/2008/09/08/force-is-still-with-gerry/#more-1066 Gerry Taylor feature]