About John Paskin Taylor
Lived 1928 – 2015 (aged 86). John Paskin Taylor was a British field hockey player.
John Paskin Taylor (18 March 1928 – 9 March 2015) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Biography Taylor was born in Bangalore, British India, the son of a Wesleyan minister. He was educated at Kingswood School in Bath and studied at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He played for and became secretary of the Cambridge University hockey team and won his blue in 1951 and 1952.
Taylor received the call up for the Olympics in May 1952 and was one of three Welshman in the team with Graham Dadds and Bill Lindsay-Smith. He subsequently represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, where he won the bronze medal. He played one match as forward.
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Who was John Paskin Taylor?
field hockey player (1928-2015)
When was John Paskin Taylor born?
John Paskin Taylor was born on 18 March 1928 in Bengaluru.
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John Paskin Taylor died on 9 March 2015 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
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John Paskin Taylor was a field hockey player.
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John Paskin Taylor was British.
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