Background
Taylor, DAVID was born on December 21, 1943 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
Taylor, DAVID was born on December 21, 1943 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
Austin College (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). University of Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, France (Certificate of European Studies, 1964). Georgetown University (Juris Doctor, 1969).
Phi Delta Phi.
Member, Board of Editors, Law and Policy in International Business, 1968-1969. Law Clerk to Circuit Judge Edward A. Tamm, United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1969-1970.
Spoken languages: French.
Although an excellent player, Taylor never quite reached the very top of the game. He was nicknamed "The Silver Fox" because of his prematurely grey hair. He reached three major finals, but lost them all.
The first was the United Kingdom Championship in 1978 (he lost to Doug Mountjoy 9–15).
Then, in 1981, he lost to Steve Davis in the Yamaha Organs Trophy (later the British Open) 6–9, and he lost 6–9 to Tony Knowles in the 1982 Jameson International. The last of these was his only ranking event final.
The others would be ranking events in the future but were not at the time he reached the final. Three times a defeated Quarter Finalist, his best performance in the World Championship was at the 1980 event, when he lost to Cliff Thorburn 7–16 in the semi-final having beaten the number one seed and 6 times World Champion Ray Reardon 13–11 in the Quarter Final.
He made a surprise return to enter the 2010 World Snooker qualifying rounds, aged 66 but lost to Paul Wykes 5–1 in Match 2 on 26 February 2010.
Outside professional tournament play, Taylor once made three consecutive total clearances at an exhibition match and also recorded seven centuries in seven frames in a witnessed practice session. He was one of the two commentators during Steve Davis" first televised maximum break. After his career wound down he ran an award-winning hotel.
He was the first snooker player to pot all balls in the final round of British Broadcasting Corporation snooker gameshow Big Break.
The District of Columbia Bar. Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Federal and American Bar Associations.
American Judicature Society.
American Society of International Law.