:David Taylor (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1949)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = David Taylor

| image = Taylor-David-1977.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = Taylor in 1977

| number = 64

| position = Offensive tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|10|17}}

| birth_place = Statesville, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 260

| high_school = Chapel Hill
(Chapel Hill, North Carolina)

| college = Catawba

| draftyear = 1973

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 114

| pastteams =

• Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1973|1979}})

| highlights =

• First-team Little All-American (1972)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 72

| statlabel2 = Starts

| statvalue2 = 62

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = T/TaylDa20

}}

David Merritt Taylor (born October 17, 1949) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the fifth round of the 1973 NFL draft. He played college football at Catawba and was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team tackle on the 1972 Little All-America college football team.{{cite news|title=UC Davis QB Is Little All-American|newspaper=Santa Cruz Sentinel|date=December 6, 1972|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89272815/uc-davis-qb-is-little-all-american/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Taylor graduated from Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TaylDa20.htm "Dave Taylor Stats"]. Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 5 December 2018.