Name Brian Taylor | Role Bodybuilder | |
Brian Taylor was a UK bodybuilding champion. He won titles including Mr. International, Mr. Yorkshire, and Mr. North-East Britain. He died in 1980 at the age of 38 from a heart attack. Brian was Paul Dowson's uncle and lived in Doncaster South Yorkshire.
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The 1976 NABBA Mr. Universe Contest
Taylor came 6th in the short class of the 1976 NABBA Mr. Universe (amateur) contest.
1976 NABBA Mr. Universe (amateur)
Overall amateur Mr. Universe: Shigeru Sugita - Japan
Tall Class
- Ben Herder - Holland
- Bill Richardson - UK
- Walter O'Malley - Ireland
- John Wood - UK
- Baldo Lois - Spain
- Bill Tierney - UK
Medium Class
- Kozo Sudo - Japan
- Bertil Fox - UK
- Dale Adrian - USA
- Masashi Enomoto - Japan
- Ruggero Mantelli - Italy
- Robert Hendrick - Belgium
Short Class
- Shigeru Sugita- Japan
- Gerard Buinoud - France
- Mahmoud Jeraseh - Jordan
- Michael Duffy - Scotland
- Fateh Habosh - Syria
- Brian Taylor - UK
The 1976 Professional category of Mr. Universe was won by Serge Nubret.
Early death
Taylor died of a heart attack at the age of 38, in 1980. The Sun newspaper covered the story in an article with the headline "Mr Muscles Dies..at 38". In the article, family and friends attributed Taylor's death to the stress of running his own health studio, which left him having to carry out his own rigorous training programme late into the night after the studio had closed. He suffered a mild heart attack earlier that year after competing in the Mr. Britain contest.