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Bobby Taylor (Canadian football)

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Status
  
Retired

Name
  
Bobby Taylor

Positions
  
Wide receiver

1966-1970
  
Toronto Argonauts

Weight
  
84 kg


1961-1965
  
Calgary Stampeders

Height
  
1.78 m

CFL status
  
National

Role
  
Canadian football

Cfl east all star
  
1969

Bobby Taylor (Canadian football) Bobby Taylor

Date of birth
  
(1941-03-05) March 5, 1941 (age 74)

Place of birth
  
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Bobby Taylor (born March 5, 1941) was a Canadian Football League receiver who played for the Calgary Stampeders, Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Edmonton Eskimos. In his fourteen-year career he caught 521 receptions for a total of 8,203 yards and 50 touchdowns. Taylor's 56 catches led the CFL in 1968. He was Toronto's nominee for Most Outstanding Canadian player in 1968 and 1969. He played minor league hockey as well from 1962-1970 in the EHL, WHL, AHL, CPHL. Bobby attended Clarkson University from 1961-62.

On November 28, 1968 he failed to appear in court in Toronto to face a charge of assault. He was alleged to have assaulted Moulood H. Al-Maini of Springhurst Ave. on November 3.

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Bobby Taylor (Canadian football) Wikipedia