- Lionel Taylor
Infobox Pro Football player
Color=#663300
fontcolor=Gold
fontcolor=Orange
Caption=
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1935|8|15
Birthplace=Kansas City, Missouri ,United States
Jersey=87
DateOfDeath=
Position=Wide Receiver
College=New Mexico Highlands
NFLDraftedYear=1959
NFLDraftedRound=
Retired #s=
Stats=Y
PFR=TaylLi00
DatabaseFootball=TAYLOLIO01
Honors=
Career Highlights=Y
Records=First to catch 100 passes in
one season (14 games, 1961)
Awards=
years=1959
1960-1966
1967, 1968
teams=NFL Chicago Bears
AFLDenver Broncos
AFLHouston Oilers
TSNAllAFL=1960, 1961
AFLAllStar=1960, 1961, 1962, 1965
HOF=Lionel Thomas Taylor (born
August 15 ,1935 , inKansas City, Missouri ) was anAmerican football wide receiver who led theAmerican Football League (AFL) in receptions each year for the first six years of the league's existence.College football
Taylor attended
New Mexico Highlands University , where he had starred inbasketball and track, earning all-conference wide receiver honors in1956 and1957 .Professional football
Taylor first played eight games with the
Chicago Bears of theNational Football League (NFL) before moving to theDenver Broncos of the AFL for the1960 season. Second in all-time receptions (543) for the Denver Broncos and their all-time leading receiver in yardage (6,872), Taylor was the Broncos' teamMVP in 1963, 1964 and 1965, and an AFL All-Star in 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1965.Taylor was the first professional football receiver ever to make 100 catches in a single season, accomplishing the feat in only 14 games (
1961 ). He had four seasons with over 1,000 yards receiving, and averaged 84.7 catches per year from 1960 to 1965, then the highest six-year total in professional football history. Taylor completed his career with theHouston Oilers in1967 and1968 .See also
* Other American Football League players
External links
* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/TaylLi00.htm Lionel Taylor] stats at Pro-Football-Reference.com
* [http://www.remembertheafl.com/1965ToppsBroncos.htm#LionelTaylor Taylor's 1965 Topps football card]
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