Frankie Taylor

Frankie Taylor
Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	2 September 1942; Lancaster, England
Died	17 July 2025 (aged 82); Heysham, England
Sport
Sport	Boxing

Last updated September 12, 2025

Francis J. Taylor (born 2 September 1942) is a British boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He fought as Frankie Taylor.^[1]

He won the 1960 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight title, when boxing out of the Lancaster Lads ABC.^[2]^[3]

He died Thursday 17th July 2025 in Heysham, England.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frankie Taylor Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
↑ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
↑ "New Tipton Slasher in Olympic team" . Birmingham Daily Post. 3 May 1960. Retrieved 31 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.

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[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frankie Taylor Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[2] "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[3] "New Tipton Slasher in Olympic team" . Birmingham Daily Post. 3 May 1960. Retrieved 31 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.

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