N. James Taylor was an American

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player.

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Taylor was a prominent tackle for the

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team of the

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. When John Fletcher went down with injury, Taylor was acting

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of the 1924 team. He was selected All-Southern the same year, as well as a third-team All-American by Norman E. Brown.

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