sport.wikisort.org - AthleteRobert Taylor (September 14, 1948 – November 13, 2007) was an American sprinter. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1972 Olympics and placed second in the 100 m final. He is the father of former NFL player Bobby Taylor.
American sprint athlete
Not to be confused with Robert Taylor (sprinter born 1953).
Robert Taylor
 Taylor (left) at the 1972 Olympics |
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Born | September 14, 1948 Tyler, Texas, U.S. |
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Died | November 13, 2007 (aged 59) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
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Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
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Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event(s) | Sprint |
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Club | TSU Tigers, Houston |
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Personal best(s) | 100 yd – 9.2 (1969) 100 m – 10.16 (1972) 220 yd – 20.8 (1970)[1] |
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Career
Taylor won the AAU championships in the 100-meter dash in 1972.[2]
At the Munich Olympics, Taylor was second in the 100 m.[3] On the way to the final, Taylor was unwittingly a participant in the first athletics controversy of his career. Unlike his teammates Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson, Taylor was narrowly able to reach the start of his quarter-final race, when their coach Stan Wright unknowingly used an outdated Olympic schedule and failed to deliver his athletes to the track in time. As Taylor told it in a 2000 interview with the Tyler Morning Telegraph,[4] the three athletes and Wright had left the Olympic village for their quarter-final runs. Whilst waiting for the bus to transport them, they wandered into the ABC-TV headquarters where they saw to their utter horror the athletes lining-up for the first heat, Robinson's heat. A frantic dash to the stadium ensued in a car driven by the ABC-TV employee Bill Norris. Both Robinson and Hart, who was scheduled to run in heat 2, were too late. Taylor, who was scheduled to run in heat 3, only had time to rip-off his sweats, put on his running shoes, and do a couple of knee bends before running.
Taylor also ran the second leg for the American 4 × 100 m relay team, which won a gold medal and equaled the United States' own world record of 38.19.[5]
World rankings
Taylor was voted by the experts at Track and Field News to be ranked among the best in the US and the world in the 100 meters sprint event from 1969 to 1972.[6][7]
100 meters
Year |
World rank |
US rank |
1969 |
10th |
5th |
1970 |
– |
6th |
1971 |
– |
– |
1972 |
2nd |
1st |
Personal life
Taylor graduated from Emmett J. Scott High School in Tyler, Texas in 1968.[4] He then attended Texas Southern University and graduated with a degree in education.[8] After graduation, Taylor worked as a teacher, first at Hogg Middle School in Tyler, and then moved to Houston to teach special education and physical education at Lovett Elementary in the Meyerland area. He died from a heart attack in Houston at the age of 59. At the time of his death, he was teaching in Missouri City, Texas.[4]
Awards
As well as participating at an Olympics, which Taylor has said was "the highlight" of his athletics career, Taylor was a respected family man, athlete and teacher.[4] He received the following accolades:
- All-Southwestern Athletic Conference and NAIA All-American.[4]
- Inducted in 1973 into the Outstanding College Athletes Hall of Fame.[4]
- In 1996, inducted into the Texas Southern University Hall of Fame.[4]
- Inducted in 2007 into the Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Hall of Fame.[4]
- Southwestern Conference Hall of Fame.[4]
References
 Olympic champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay |
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- 1912:
David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy, Willie Applegarth (GBR)
- 1920:
Charley Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison, Morris Kirksey (USA)
- 1924:
Loren Murchison, Louis Clarke, Frank Hussey, Al LeConey (USA)
- 1928:
Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charley Borah, Henry Russell (USA)
- 1932:
Bob Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer, Frank Wykoff (USA)
- 1936:
Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper, Frank Wykoff (USA)
- 1948:
Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard, Mel Patton (USA)
- 1952:
Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Andy Stanfield (USA)
- 1956:
Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker, Bobby Morrow (USA)
- 1960:
Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf, Martin Lauer (EUA)
- 1964:
Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes (USA)
- 1968:
Charles Greene, Mel Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith, Jim Hines (USA)
- 1972:
Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart (USA)
- 1976:
Harvey Glance, Lam Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick (USA)
- 1980:
Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Andrey Prokofyev (URS)
- 1984:
Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis (USA)
- 1988:
Viktor Bryzhin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov, Vitaliy Savin (URS)
- 1992:
Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis, James Jett (USA)
- 1996:
Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey, Carlton Chambers (CAN)
- 2000:
Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene, Tim Montgomery, Kenny Brokenburr (USA)
- 2004:
Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)
- 2008:
Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, Richard Thompson, Aaron Armstrong (TTO)
- 2012:
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Bailey-Cole (JAM)
- 2016:
Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Jevaughn Minzie, Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM)
- 2020:
Lorenzo Patta, Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu, Filippo Tortu (ITA)
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US National Championship winners in men's 100-meter dash |
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1876–1878 New York Athletic Club |
- 1876: Charles McIvor
- 1877: William Wilmer
- 1878: Fred Saportas
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1879–1888 NAAAA |
- 1879: Beverly Value
- 1880-81: Lon Myers
- 1882-83: Arthur Waldron
- 1884-86ro: Malcolm Ford
- 1887: Charles Sherrill
- 1888Note 1: Fred Westing
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1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union | |
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1993–present USA Track & Field | |
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Notes |
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Distance:Until 1927 the event was over 100 yards, and again from 1929-31
- ro:In 1886 the event was won after a run-off
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1972 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Qualification |
- 1972 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
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Men's track and road athletes | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track athletes | |
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Women's field athletes |
- Kim Attlesey
- Roberta Brown
- Sherry Calvert
- Olga Connolly
- Gale Fitzgerald
- Jane Frederick
- Cindy Gilbert
- Sandi Goldsberry
- Kate Schmidt
- Maren Seidler
- Jan Svendsen
- Martha Watson
- Deanne Wilson
- Willye White
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Coaches |
- Bill Bowerman (men's head coach)
- Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach)
- Hoover Wright (men's assistant coach)
- Stan Wright (men's assistant coach)
- Nell Jackson (women's head coach)
- Randall Lambert (women's assistant coach)
- Ron Sorkness (women's assistant coach)
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Authority control  |
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General | |
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National libraries | |
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Other | |
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На других языках
- [en] Robert Taylor (sprinter, born 1948)
[fr] Robert Taylor (athlétisme)
Robert Taylor, né le 14 septembre 1948 et décédé le 3 novembre 2007, était un athlète américain spécialiste du 100 mètres qui a été sacré champion olympique en 1972.
[it] Robert Taylor (velocista 1948)
Robert James Taylor (Tyler, 14 settembre 1948 – Missouri City, 13 novembre 2007) è stato un velocista statunitense.
[ru] Тейлор, Роберт (легкоатлет)
Роберт Джеймс Тейлор (англ. Robert James Taylor; 14 сентября 1948, Тайлер, Техас — 13 ноября 2007, Хьюстон, Техас) — американский спринтер, чемпион летних Олимпийских игр 1972 года в Мюнхене.
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