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Tommy
Taylor |
Manchester
United FC
19 appearances, 16 goals
P 19 W 11 D
6 L 2 F 51: A
21
*(actual F 48: A 21)
74% successful
1953-57
captain: none
minutes played: 1610 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas Taylor |
(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.) |
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Birth |
29 January 1932 at 4 Quarry
Street, in Smithies, Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire [registered in
Barnsley, March 1932].
Attended Burton Road Junior and
Rayley Secondary Modern Schools |
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According to the 1939
register, Thomas is the second of six children to Charles and Violet (née
Hodgkins), living at 4 Quarry Street in the Smithies area of Barnsley. His
father is a hewer in the coalmines. |
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Death |
Thursday, 6
February 1958 at Flughafen
München Riem, Kirchtrudering,
West Germany, aged
26 years 8 days
[registered in the GRO Air Deaths, 1947-65].
One of 23 fatalities of the Munich Air Disaster, one of four England
players. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Biographies |
Tommy Taylor: The Smiling Executioner - Brian Hughes (Empire
Publications Ltd, December 1996) |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his football career playing at school and as a centre-foward
with Barnsley Boys. Never intending to carve out a career in football, he
only played with local amateur side Smithies United FC, of the Nelson
League, because they were a man short. After just three matches, he was
noticed by the Barnsley FC scouts, who signed him on 7 February 1948 on
amateur forms and to their groundstaff, just ahead of Hull City FC. On 25
July 1949, Taylor signed professional forms. On 4 March 1953, Taylor
joined Manchester United FC for a transfer fee in the region of £30,000. |
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Club honours |
x
Ballon d'Or
eighth 1957; |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Height/Weight |
6'
0", 12st.
11lbs [1957]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of two who became 719th
players (719) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left/right, centre-forward |
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First match |
No. 277, 17 May 1953,
Argentina 0 England 0, an end-of-season South American tour match at
Estadio Monumental, Nuñez,
Buenos Aires, abandoned after 36 minutes, aged 21 years
108 days. |
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Last match |
No. 317, 27 November 1957, England 4 France
0, a friendly match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 25 years
302 days.
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1954; British Championship
1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship shared 1955-56, 1957-58, winners 1956-57; |
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Individual honours |
England B (two appearances, four goals, one hat-trick, 1956);
England Top Goalscorer 1956 (7), 1956-57 (10), 1957 (7); |
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Distinctions |
The
fourth substitute to be used by England, but the first at home, and the
first at Wembley.
Died 71 days after his final England appearance, an
unwanted record shared with Roger Byrne. At the time, Taylor was the fifth youngest player to die.
In fifteen days time, he will become the sixth youngest.
Died the same day
as Roger Byrne, David Pegg and Frank Swift, and three days after Joe Cottle. |
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Beyond England |
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Left school to work on the pit top at
Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
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On 6th
February 1958 the airliner carrying players and backroom staff of
Manchester United, plus a number of journalists and supporters, crashed in
a blizzard on its third attempt to take off from Munich airport. United
were returning from Belgrade where they had just beaten Red Star Belgrade
in the European Cup and had stopped off at Munich for re-fuelling.
Twenty-three of the forty-four passengers on board the aircraft lost their
lives. - Munich Remembered and Never Forgotten -
Munich58.co.uk |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
starts |
substitute |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
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goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
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captain |
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14 |
19 |
9 |
18 |
▲1
▼1 |
three |
1610 |
16 |
101
min |
5 |
four |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
19 |
11 |
6 |
2 |
51 |
21 |
+30 |
2 |
6 |
2.684 |
1.105 |
73.7 |
+9 |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
8 |
+15 |
0 |
2 |
3.833 |
1.333 |
83.3 |
+4 |
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Away |
12 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
24 |
9 |
+15 |
2 |
4 |
2.00 |
0.75 |
70.8 |
+5 |
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Neutral |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Shirt Record
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Colour |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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White |
18 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
48 |
20 |
+28 |
2 |
6 |
2.667 |
1.111 |
72.2 |
+8 |
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Red |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Competition Record
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Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP
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3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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WCF |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| World Cup |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
7 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
3.20 |
1.40 |
80.0 |
+3 |
|
British Championship |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.25 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| Friendly |
10 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
27 |
9 |
+18 |
2 |
4 |
2.70 |
0.90 |
80.0 |
+6 |
Tournament Record
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World Cup Preliminary Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP 1956-58 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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WCP
All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
|
World Cup Final Tournament |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCF 1954 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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WCF
All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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World Cup |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WC 1952-54 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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WC 1956-58 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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WC
All |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
7 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
3.20 |
1.40 |
80.0 |
+3 |
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British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1955-56 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC 1956-57 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
BC 1957-58 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
BC
All |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.25 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WC |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
7 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
3.20 |
1.40 |
80.0 |
+3 |
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BC |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.25 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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9 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
24 |
12 |
+12 |
0 |
2 |
2.667 |
1.333 |
66.7 |
+3 |
Match History
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Club:
Manchester United F.C. -
nineteen full appearances
(1610 min) 16ᵍ |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom
- nineteen full appearances (1610 min) 16ᵍx
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On 6th
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