John Paskin Taylor
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Born |
18 March 1928 Bangalore, British India | |||||||||||||
| Died |
9 March 2015 (aged 86) Boulogne-Billancourt, France | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Inside-right/winger | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1951–1953 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||
| 1954–1955 | Rhyl | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
| Wales | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Paskin Taylor (18 March 1928 – 9 March 2015) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
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.[2]
He played for and became secretary of the Cambridge University hockey team and won his blue in 1951 and 1952.[2] After Cambridge he played club hockey for Rhyl Hockey Club and represented Wales at international level.[3]
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.[4] He subsequently represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki,[5] where he won the bronze medal. He played one match as forward.
References
- ^ "Olympics John Paskin".
- ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Welsh Hockey XI". Western Mail. 1 March 1954. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Welshmaen in Olympics hockey team". Western Mail. 27 May 1952. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "British Hockey changes". Nottingham Evening Post. 22 July 1952. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.