Stan Taylor (athlete)

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Stan Taylor
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born1937
Sport
Sport Athletics
Eventmiddle distance
ClubManchester AC

Stanley George Taylor (born 1937), is an athletics coach and a former athlete who competed for England.

Biography

Taylor finished second behind Michel Bernard in the 1 mile event at the 1961 AAA Championships [1] [2] and then became the British 1 mile champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1962 AAA Championships. [3] [4]

Taylor represented England in the 880 yards and 1 mile races at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. [5] [6] He alson finished third in the 1962 Emsley Car Mile held at the White City Stadium.

He became a coach at Manchester Harriers (formerly Manchester AC) and then Blackpool and Wyre & Fylde AC, the latter with who he was still coaching into his eighties and was treasurer from 1990 to 2005. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Results" . Sunday Express. 16 July 1961. Retrieved 4 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Tulloch the Triumphant" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 15 July 1962. Retrieved 5 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ↑ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
  7. ↑ "Stan Taylor" (PDF). bwfac. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
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