David Taylor (17 September 1940 – 12 March 2017) was an English

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who played as an

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. Taylor started his career at Gillingham where he played 21 appearances in

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scoring 3 goals, before leaving for

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where he made a further two Football League appearances. At the end of the 1959–60 season, Taylor dropped into non-league football joining

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side Yeovil Town. In nine seasons with Yeovil, Taylor scored 284 goals in 436 matches setting a post-war club record as top scorer. Taylor left Yeovil in April 1969, signing for their local rivals Bath City scoring a further 46 goals in 149 appearances before his departure in November 1971 for

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. Taylor died in March 2017 aged 76.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Dave 1940 births 2017 deaths Sportspeople from Rochester, Kent English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Gillingham F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Kent 20th-century English sportsmen