Career
Taylor played for his hometown club Bristol Rovers as an apprentice (in 21 league matches, scoring twice) before he was signed by Liverpool manager George Patterson for £5000 plus Ted Hartill in March 1936, he made his debut on the 28th of the same month in a league game at the Baseball Ground, Liverpool shared the points with Derby County in a 2–2 draw with Taylor scoring a late equaliser, his first goal for the club Taylor joined Liverpool as a young inside-forward with a lot of potential but was reverted to wing-half by George Kay where he developed into a stylish, composed defender. Arsenal spoilt the day for the Reds by beating them 2–0.
Overall Taylor played 345 games for Liverpool, scoring 34 goals which included 312 league appearances and 32 goals).
Taylor was also a first-class cricketer, and played a single game for the Gloucestershire first team in 1938, as well as three games for their second eleven. Upon his retirement in 1954 he joined the backroom staff as a coach.
He became manager of Liverpool in 1956 when former manager Don Welsh was sacked after failing to gain promotion back to the 1st Division. Taylor took over reins with a determination to put Liverpool back where they belonged immediately signing Alan A"Court, Tommy Younger and Liverpool legend Ronnie Moran who ended up spending five decades at Anfield.
I made it my goal. I set my heart on it and strove for it with all the energy I could muster.
Such striving has not been enough and now the time has come to hand over to someone else to see if they can do better."
Taylor"s legacy for Liverpool was the back room team he assembled of Reuben Bennett, Joe Fagan and Bob Paisley. All three were retained by succeeding Bill Shankly who together built a multiple trophy winning club Taylor lived to the age of 95, and was believed to be the oldest living England international football player at the time of his death, one of the last surviving players to have played before World World War World War II He died on 1 December 2012.
He died at the age of 95 on 1 December 2012.
As a player
Liverpool F.C (1936–1954) – Football League First Division (Level 1) championship winners medal (1947), F.A Cup runners-up medal (1950)
England (1947) 3 caps.
