Christopher Taylor ( born Christopher Taylor ; October 18, 1899 - March 16, 1972 ) is an English footballer who played as a striker .
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| Full name | Christopher Taylor | |||||||||||||||
| Born | October 18, 1899 Kings Norton , Birmingham , England | |||||||||||||||
| Died | March 16, 1972 (72 years old) England | |||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  England | |||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | |||||||||||||||
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Football career
Born in Kings Norton , Birmingham . He played for the club " Redditch United ." In February 1924 he moved to Manchester United for 300 pounds [1] . He made his debut in the main club on January 17, 1925 in the match of the Second Division against Coventry City . It was his only match of the season played for the first team. At the same time , Taylor scored 20 goals in the Central League for the United League reserve team in the 1924/25 season. At first, Taylor played an insider position, but then he began to play the role of center forward, making several hat-tricks for the club’s reserve team [1] . In the 1927/28 season he underwent surgery on the joint, recovered, but already in the next season received a new serious injury. His full return to the main team took place only in the 1929/30 season , and he played in the position of not a striker, but a midfielder. Taylor looked very convincing in his new role: he even began to be compared with such legendary United midfielders as Charlie Roberts and Frank Barson , who also played in t-shirts with the number “5” [1] . However, in the same season, Chris received another injury, and for the main team no longer played. In total, he spent six seasons at United, playing a total of 30 matches and scoring 7 goals [2] .
In September 1931 he was sold to Hyde United club [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Iain McCartney. The official Manchester United Players AZ. - London: Simon & Schuster, 2013 .-- P. 414-415. - ISBN 978-1-47112-846-2 .
- ↑ Chris Taylor . StretfordEnd.co.uk.
- ↑ Christopher Taylor . MUFCInfo.com.
Links
- Soccer Player Profile on MUFCInfo.com