Career
Taylor was a full-back who started his playing career with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1931. He made his senior debut on 1 February 1936 in a 0-5 loss at Brentford. He became a first team regular after Cecil Shaw left in November 1936 and was a virtual ever-present for the next season-and-a-half.
His only full season in the team saw the club missed out on the league title by a single point.
He managed one full season at Carrow Road before the suspension of league football due to World World War World War II After guesting for Barnsley and Watford during the war, he joined Hull City in July 1947. In May 1950, he dropped into the non-league to become player-manager of Weymouth.
He returned to the Football League in June 1952, when he replaced Dave Mangnall at QPR who had been recently relegated from the Second Division. Under Taylor they never managed to finish higher in the league than 10th.
He was asked to manage the Third Division South representative team in October 1957.
Taylor left QPR in May 1959 to take over at Leeds United but within a year Leeds were relegated to the Second Division and he resigned in March 1961 to be succeeded by Don Revie. He never managed in league football again. He died in his home town of Barnsley on 22 February 1978.