Charlie Taylor

Charles Taylor (third ¼ 1921 – November 2013) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Heworth A.R.L.F.C. and York (captain), as a , or , and he coached at club level for York (Assistant Coach to player-coach W. "Bill" Riley (born ) signed from Swinton in 1949) from 1952 to 1960, including in York's 8–15 defeat by Huddersfield in the 1957–58 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1957–58 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 19 October 1957, in front of a crowd of 22,531.

Background Charlie Taylor's birth was registered in York, he served in the Royal Navy on destroyers during the Arctic convoys of World War II, and in the English Channel and Mediterranean until 1946. He worked at Rowntree's in York (latterly in their fire service department), he and his wife Renie, also a worker at Rowntree's, lived on Haley's Terrace, York. He spent his last 8-years in a care home in Norton-on-Derwent, York, North Yorkshire, England, where he died from dementia. His funeral took place at York Crematorium, Bishopthorpe Road on 18 November 2013.