Bob Taylor (rugby union, born 1942)

Bob Taylor
Date of birth	30 April 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth	Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	92 kg (14 st 7 lb; 203 lb)
University	King Alfred's College
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Flanker
International career
Years	Team
1966–1971; 1968	England; British Lions

Robert Bainbridge Taylor (born 30 April 1942) is a former England rugby player and past president of the Rugby Football Union. He is from Northampton, England, and studied at King Alfred's College (now University of Winchester) from 1960 - 1963.

He was a flanker for England (between 1966 and 1971) and the British Lions, serving as England/Wales captain in the RFU centenary match in 1970 and winning 16 England caps. He captained England in one international. He was also the Northampton coach and a referee for East Midlands.

Taylor was a PE and mathematics teacher at Wellingborough Grammar School from 1964 until 1975.^[1]^[2] He was PE teacher at Lings Upper School in Northampton from 1975^{[citation needed]}

In 1995 he was appointed Hon Secretary of Northampton RFC and served as president 1993-95. He has represented Northampton and the East Midlands on numerous committees and has served on several national committees. He was appointed to serve for one year as President of the Rugby Football Union in July 2007.^[3]

References

^ "Masters". Archived from the original on 12 September 2005. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
^ Tall, T. and Tall, G. (2006). Memories of Wellingborough Grammar School 1930 - 1975 Clock Tower Publications ISBN 0-9548689-1-9 page 125
^ Community Rugby – East Midlands celebrate presidency double Community Rugby article on Bob Taylor's appointment as RFU president

External links

Lions profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bob Hiller	English National Rugby Union Captain 1971	Succeeded by Tony Bucknall
Preceded by Bob Rogers	Rugby Football Union President 2007-08	Succeeded by Brian Williams

[1] "Masters". Archived from the original on 12 September 2005. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

[2] Tall, T. and Tall, G. (2006). Memories of Wellingborough Grammar School 1930 - 1975 Clock Tower Publications ISBN 0-9548689-1-9 page 125

[3] Community Rugby – East Midlands celebrate presidency double Community Rugby article on Bob Taylor's appointment as RFU president

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v t e British Lions – 1968 South Africa tour
Forwards	Arneil Coulman Doyle Goodall Horton Larter McBride Millar O'Shea Pullin Stagg J Taylor R Taylor Telfer Thomas West J Young
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Coach	Dawson; Manager: David Brooks

v t e England national rugby union team captains
To 1900	1871–1873: Frederick Stokes 1874: Alfred Hamersley 1875: Henry Lawrence 1875–1876: Francis Luscombe 1877 – Mar 1878: Edward Kewley Mar 1878: Murray Marshall 1879: Frank Adams 1880–1881: Lennard Stokes Feb 1882: Charles Gurdon Mar 1882: Albert Hornby Dec 1882 – 1885: Edward Gurdon Jan–Feb 1886: Charles Marriott Mar 1886: Edward Gurdon 1887: Alan Rotherham 1889: Fred Bonsor Feb 1890: Andrew Stoddart Mar 1890: John Hickson Mar 1890: Andrew Stoddart 1891 – Jan 1892: Frederic Alderson Feb 1892: Sammy Woods Mar 1892: Frederic Alderson Jan 1893: Andrew Stoddart Feb 1893: Sammy Woods Mar 1893: Andrew Stoddart Jan–Feb 1894: Richard Lockwood Mar 1894: Ernest Taylor 1895: Sammy Woods 1896: Ernest Taylor Mar 1896: Frank Mitchell 1897: Ernest Taylor 1898: James Byrne 1899: Arthur Rotherham
To the First World War	Jan 1900: Richard Cattell 1900: John Daniell Jan 1901: Jack Taylor Feb–Mar 1901: William Bunting Jan 1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell Jan–Mar 1905: Frank Stout Dec 1905 – Dec 1906: Vincent Cartwright Jan 1907: Basil Hill Feb 1907: John Green Mar 1907: Ernest Roberts Jan 1908: Thomas Kelly Jan 1908: John Birkett Feb 1908: Curly Hammond Mar 1908: Lancelot Slocock Jan 1909: George Lyon Jan–Mar 1909: Robert Dibble Jan–Feb 1910: Adrian Stoop Mar 1910: Edgar Mobbs Mar 1910 – Feb 1911: John Birkett Mar 1911: Anthony Henniker-Gotley Jan–Mar 1912: Robert Dibble Apr 1912 – Mar 1913: Norman Wodehouse 1914: Ronald Poulton
To the Second World War	1920: John Greenwood 1921: Dave Davies Jan 1922: Bruno Brown Feb 1922 – 1923: Dave Davies 1924–1926: Wavell Wakefield 1927: Leonard Corbett 1928 – Feb 1929: Ronald Cove-Smith Mar 1929 – Feb 1930: Joe Periton Feb 1930 – Jan 1931: Sam Tucker Feb 1931: Peter Howard Mar 1931 – Jan 1933: Carl Aarvold Feb–Mar 1933: Tony Novis 1934: Bernard Gadney Jan–Feb 1935: Douglas Kendrew Mar 1935 – Mar 1936: Bernard Gadney 1937: Tuppy Owen-Smith Jan–Feb 1938: Peter Cranmer Mar 1938 – Mar 1939: Henry Toft
To the professional era	Jan–Feb 1947: Joe Mycock Mar–Apr 1947: Jack Heaton Jan 1948: Edward Scott Jan 1948: Tommy Kemp Feb–Mar 1948: Edward Scott Mar 1948: Bob Weighill Jan–Feb 1949: Nim Hall Feb 1949 – Mar 1950: Ivor Preece Jan 1951: Vic Roberts Feb–Mar 1951: John Kendall-Carpenter Jan 1952 – Mar 1953: Nim Hall 1954: Bob Stirling Jan–Feb 1955: Nim Hall Feb–Mar 1955: Peter Young Jan 1956 – Mar 1958: Eric Evans 1959: Jeffrey Butterfield 1960–1962: Dickie Jeeps Jan–Mar 1963: Richard Sharp May–Jun 1963: Mike Weston Jan–Feb 1964: John Willcox Feb–Mar 1964: Ron Jacobs 1965: David Perry 1966: Budge Rogers Jan 1967: Richard Sharp Feb–Nov 1967: Philip Judd Jan–Feb 1968: Colin McFadyean Feb–Mar 1968: Mike Weston Feb 1969: Dick Greenwood Feb–Apr 1969: Budge Rogers Dec 1969 – Mar 1970: Bob Hiller Apr 1970: Bob Taylor Jan 1971: Tony Bucknall Feb 1971: John Spencer Feb 1971: Bob Hiller Mar–Apr 1971: John Spencer Jan–Feb 1972: Bob Hiller Feb–Mar 1972: Peter Dixon Jun 1972 – Mar 1974: John Pullin Jan–Feb 1975: Fran Cotton Mar–May 1975: Tony Neary May 1975: John Pullin Jan–Mar 1976: Tony Neary 1977: Roger Uttley 1978: Bill Beaumont Feb 1979: Roger Uttley Feb 1979 – Jan 1982: Bill Beaumont Feb 1982 – Feb 1983: Steve Smith Mar 1983: John Scott Nov 1983 – Mar 1984: Peter Wheeler Jun 1984: John Scott Nov 1984: Nigel Melville 1985: Paul Dodge 1986: Nigel Melville Feb–Mar 1987: Richard Hill Apr 1987 – Feb 1988: Mike Harrison Mar 1988: Nigel Melville Apr–Jun 1988: John Orwin Jun 1988: Richard Harding Nov 1988 – Mar 1989: Will Carling May 1989: Rob Andrew Nov 1989 – May 1995: Will Carling May 1995: Rob Andrew Jun 1995: Will Carling
To the present day	Nov 1995 – Mar 1996: Will Carling Nov 1996: Phil de Glanville Dec 1996: Jason Leonard Feb–Jul 1997: Phil de Glanville Nov 1997 – Apr 1998: Lawrence Dallaglio Jun 1998: Tony Diprose Jun–Jul 1998: Matt Dawson Nov 1998: Martin Johnson Nov 1998 – Apr 1999: Lawrence Dallaglio Jun–Oct 1999: Martin Johnson Feb–Apr 2000: Matt Dawson Jun 2000 – Apr 2001: Martin Johnson Jun 2001: Kyran Bracken Oct 2001: Matt Dawson Nov 2001: Neil Back Nov 2001 – Mar 2002: Martin Johnson Mar–Apr 2002: Neil Back Jun 2002: Phil Vickery Nov 2002 – Feb 2003: Martin Johnson Mar 2003: Jonny Wilkinson Mar–Jun 2003: Martin Johnson Aug 2003: Jason Leonard Aug 2003: Dorian West Sep–Oct 2003: Martin Johnson Nov 2003: Phil Vickery Nov 2003: Martin Johnson Feb–Jun 2004: Lawrence Dallaglio Nov 2004 – Feb 2005: Jason Robinson Mar 2005 – Mar 2006: Martin Corry Jun 2006: Pat Sanderson Nov 2006: Martin Corry Feb 2007: Phil Vickery Mar 2007: Mike Catt May 2007: Jason Robinson Jun 2007: Jonny Wilkinson Aug 2007: Phil Vickery Aug 2007: Mike Catt Aug–Sep 2007: Phil Vickery Sep 2007: Martin Corry Oct 2007 – Feb 2008: Phil Vickery Feb 2008: Steve Borthwick Feb–Mar 2008: Phil Vickery Jun 2008 – Mar 2010: Steve Borthwick Mar–Nov 2010: Lewis Moody Nov 2010: Nick Easter Nov 2010: Lewis Moody Feb 2011: Mike Tindall Aug 2011: Lewis Moody Aug–Sep 2011: Mike Tindall Sep–Oct 2011: Lewis Moody Feb–Jun 2012: Chris Robshaw Jun 2012: Dylan Hartley Nov 2012 – Mar 2013: Chris Robshaw Jun 2013: Tom Wood Nov 2013 – Oct 2015: Chris Robshaw Feb 2016 – Mar 2018: Dylan Hartley Mar 2018: Owen Farrell Mar 2018: Dylan Hartley Jun–Nov 2018: Owen Farrell Nov 2018: George Ford Nov 2018 – Mar 2019: Owen Farrell Aug 2019: George Ford Aug–Sep 2019: Owen Farrell Sep 2019: George Ford Oct 2019 – Mar 2021: Owen Farrell Jul 2021: Lewis Ludlow Nov 2021: Courtney Lawes Nov 2021: Owen Farrell Nov 2021: Courtney Lawes Feb 2022: Tom Curry Feb–Jul 2022: Courtney Lawes Nov 2022 – Feb 2023: Owen Farrell Mar 2023: Ellis Genge Mar 2023: Owen Farrell Aug 2023: Ellis Genge Aug 2023: Owen Farrell Aug–Sep 2023: Courtney Lawes Sep–Oct 2023: Owen Farrell Feb 2024: Jamie George

v t e Rugby Football Union Presidents
To 1900	1871-74: A Rutter 1874-75: F Stokes 1875-76: L J Maton 1876-77, 1877-78: C D Heatley 1878-82: A. G. Guillemard 1882-84: J Maclaren 1884-86: Frederick Currey 1886-88: L Stokes 1888-89: A Budd 1889-90: Harry Garnett 1890-92: E T Gurdon 1892-94: W Cail 1894-96: Roger Walker 1896-98: R W Whalley 1898-1900: J W H Thorp
To the First World War	1900-02: Francis Hugh Fox 1902-04: M Newsome 1904-07: G R Hill 1907-09: C A Crane 1909-11: T C Pring 1911-13: A M Crook 1913-14: A Hartley
To the Second World War	1919-20: A Hartley 1920-22: E Prescott 1922-23: R Henzell 1923-24: M F Waters 1924-25: W S Donne 1925-26: H E Ferens 1926-27: J Baxter 1927-28: P Royds 1928-29: V H Cartwright 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32: W T Pearce 1932-33: A D Stoop 1933-34: R F Oakes 1934-35: J Milnes 1935-37: J E Greenwood 1937-39: B A Hill 1939-40: G C Robinson
To the Professional Era	1945-47: J Daniell 1947-48: B C Hartley 1948-49: L G Brown 1949-50: E Watts 1950-51: W Wakefield 1951-52: H Cleaver 1952-53: P Holman 1953-54: J Brunton 1954-55: W C Ramsay 1955: L Clifford 1955-56: W B Gibbs 1956-57: L B "Ginger" Osborne 1957-58: A Marshall 1958-59: J Lawson 1959-60: J A Tallent 1960-61: A T Voyce 1961-62: R G S Hobbs 1962-63: C H Gadney 1963-64: A G Butler 1964-65: L Edwards 1965-66: A Walker 1966-67: D H Harrison 1967-68: J R Locker 1968-69: J T W Berry 1969-70: D T Kemp 1970-71: W Ramsay 1971-72: T A Kemp 1972-73: R. M. A. Kingswell 1973-74: M R Steele-Bodger 1974-75: K H Chapman 1975-76: G Tarn 1976-77: R E G Jeeps 1977-78: A Wharton 1978-79: S R Couchman 1979-80: A W Ramsay 1980-81: J MACG Kendall-Carpenter 1981-82: D K Brooks 1982-83: J V Smith 1983-84: C R Jacobs 1984-85: A E Agar 1985-86: D W Shuttleworth 1986-87: A A Grimsdell 1987-88: John Burgess 1988-89: J R Simpson 1989-90: D L Sanders 1990-91: M A Pearey 1991-92: P G Yarranton 1992-93: D D Serfontein 1993-94: I D S Beer 1994-95: D H Easby
To the Present Day	1995-96: W J Bishop 1996-97: J T Richardson 1997-98: P G Brook 1998-99: P C Trunkfield 1999-2000: J H Addison 2000-01: D P Rogers 2001-02: R S Manock 2002-03: W G D Morgan 2003-04: R W Horner 2004-05: M S Phillips 2005-06: L C K Angel 2006-07: R A G Rogers 2007-08: B Taylor 2008-09: Brian Williams 2009-10: John Owen 2010-11: Richard Appleby 2011-12: Willie Wildash 2012-13: Paul Murphy 2015-16: Jason Leonard 2016-17: Peter Baines 2017-18: John Spencer 2018-19: Chris Kelly 2019-20: Peter Wheeler 2020-22: Jeff Blackett 2022-23: Nigel Gillingham 2023-24: Rob Briers