Code | DS/UK/1513 |
Dates | 1945- |
Person Name | Taylor; John (1945-); Welsh rugby union player and commentator |
Surname | Taylor |
Forenames | John |
Epithet | Welsh rugby union player and commentator |
Activity | Flanker / blaenasgellwr, played for London Welsh, Wales XV, Wales (1967-1973, 26 caps, 25 points) and British and Irish Lions (1971, 4 caps, 0 points). His debut came at Murrayfeld, 4 February 1967, as Wales opened the defence of their title against the Scots with six new caps: John O’Shea, Brian Rees, Billy Mainwaring, John Taylor, Billy Hullin and Billy Raybould. Taylor refused to play South Africa under Apartheid on grounds on conscience, thereby being called a communist by Brigadier Glyn 'Wanker' Hughes q.v. Toured with British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, 1971, one of seven London Welsh personnel involved. |
Dates and Places | Born 21 July 1945, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, |
RefNo | Title |
BML/1/2/18 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Wales, Murayfield, 6 February 1971 |
BML/1/6/4 | Bundle, Wales versus England, Cardiff Arms Park, 12 April 1969. |
BML/1/6/2 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus England, Cardiff Arms Park, 15 April 1967 |
BML/7/8 | Big sheet and bundle, XV Carwyn James versus XV Barry John, The National Stadium, Cardiff, 26 April 1972 |
BML/1/6/6 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus England, Cardiff Arms Park, 16 January 1971 |
BML/1/9/4 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Ireland, Cardiff Arms Park, 13 March 1971 |
BML/1/9/2 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Ireland, Cardiff Arms Park, 8 March 1969 |
BML/1/6/7 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus England, Cardiff Arms Park, 20 January 1973. |
BML/1/9/5 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Ireland, Cardiff Arms Park, 10 March 1973 |
BML/1/2/14 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Wales, Murrayfield, 4 February 1967 |
BML/7/3 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus President's RFU XV, Cardiff Arms Park, 17 October 1970 |
BML/7/9 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland and Ireland versus England and Wales, Murrayfield, 14 October 1972 |
BML/1/10/4 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus France, Cardiff Arms Park, 25 March 1972 |
BML/1/10/3 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus France, Cardiff Arms Park, 4 April 1970. |
BML/2/11/1 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Japan, Cardiff Arms Park, 6 October 1973 |
BML/2/12/12 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus New Zealand, Cardiff Arms Park, 11 November 1967. |
BML/2/12/23 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus New Zealand, Cardiff Arms Park, 2 December 1972. |