Ian Taylor (field hockey)

{{short description|British field hockey player}}

{{Distinguish|Ian David Taylor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Ian Taylor

| full_name = Ian Charles Boucher Taylor

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|9|24}}

| birth_place = Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's field hockey }}

{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}

{{MedalComp | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | Team competition }}

{{MedalBronze | 1984 Los Angeles | Team competition }}

{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}

{{MedalComp | Hockey World Cup }}

{{MedalSilver | 1986 London | Team competition }}

}}

Ian Charles Boucher Taylor (born 24 September 1954) is a former England field hockey goalkeeper. He is also the chief executive of SkillsActive, and also became CEO of London Irish Holdings, improving the on and off field activities of the Rugby Club.

He was a member of the gold winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, during which he was a teacher at Bromsgrove School. Four years earlier he won Bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He also won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Hockey World Cup. In the European Cup with the England squad he won silver in 1987 and bronze in 1978.{{cite web |title=Ian Taylor Bio, Stats, and Results - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/ian-taylor-1.html |access-date=21 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129060313/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/ian-taylor-1.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 }}{{cite web |title=Remembering the boys of 86 - Sports Journalists' Association |url=http://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sports-digest/remembering-the-boys-of-86/ |date=17 October 2006 |access-date=21 November 2014}}

Taylor has held a number of honorary roles within sports administration including Minister's nominee on the Sports Council (with a UK remit), director of the GB ice hockey Board and a director of the British Olympic Association. He was also a commentator for BBC Sport between 1988 and 1996. He was previously the chief executive for sportscotland, following the departure of Ian Robson in July 2004.{{cite web |title=Hockey: From King Kerly to paupers - Sport - The Observer |website=TheGuardian.com |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/mar/02/news.sport |date=2 March 2008 |access-date=21 November 2014}} He was also the short lived CEO of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain but resigned over a policy introduced under his tenure that saw the pooling of samples.{{cite web |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Taylor+resigns+from+GBGB%3B+CEO+departs+in+wake+of+row+over+sampling.-a0207813514 |title=Taylor resigns from GBGB; CEO departs in wake of row over sampling.15 Sep 2009 |publisher=Racing Post}}

Taylor was born in Bromsgrove, England, and was a student at Borough Road College, Isleworth, London. He returned to the college on several occasions to lecture and coach hockey. He has played club hockey for East Grinstead Hockey Club.