Jeff Taylor (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball player (1960–2020)}}

{{about|the 1980s basketball player|his son and current player|Jeffery Taylor}}

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

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Jeff Taylor

| image =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 175

| birth_date = {{birth date|1960|01|01}}

| birth_place = Blytheville, Arkansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|03||1960|01|01}}

| death_place = Sweden

| high_school = Hobbs (Hobbs, New Mexico)

| college = Texas Tech (1978–1982)

| draft_year = 1982

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 42

| draft_team = Houston Rockets

| career_start =

| career_end =

| career_number = 13, 35

| career_position = Point guard / shooting guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1982|full=y}}

| team1 = Houston Rockets

| years2 = {{nbay|1986|full=y}}

| team2 = Detroit Pistons

| highlights =

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Jeffrey Taylor (January 1, 1960 – March 2020) was an American professional basketball player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/mR43kg/dolphins-ikon-jeff-taylor-ar-dod--blev-60-ar|title=Dolphins ikon Jeff Taylor är död – blev 60 år|last=Svensson-Parenti|first=Simon|date=10 March 2020|access-date=11 March 2020|language=sv}} He played for three years at Texas Tech University, before being drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 1982 NBA draft. Taylor played one season with the Rockets in the 1982-83 NBA season, and another with the Detroit Pistons in the 1986-87 NBA season.

After his NBA career ended, he continued playing in Europe, eventually settling in Sweden, in 1998 he led the Norrköping Dolphins to a Swedish championship.{{cite web |url= https://www.yahoo.com/news/hobbs-basketball-great-jeff-taylor-140300627.html |title= Hobbs basketball great Jeff Taylor dies at 60 |work= Albuquerque Journal |first1=Wright|last1=Rick|date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=April 13, 2025}} His son, Jeffery played college basketball at Vanderbilt,{{cite web |url=http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/taylor_jeffery00.html |title=Player Bio: Jeffery Taylor |publisher=Vanderbilt University Athletics |access-date=2011-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003154708/http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/taylor_jeffery00.html |archive-date=2011-10-03 |url-status=dead }} and was selected in the 2012 NBA draft by the Charlotte Bobcats.

Taylor's death was announced by Texas Tech on March 5, 2020. No exact death date was given. He was 60 years old.{{cite web |url= https://www.lubbockonline.com/sports/20200306/tech-star-taylor-dies-at-60 |title= Tech star Taylor dies at 60 |work= Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |first1=Williams|last1=Don|date=March 6, 2020 |access-date=March 28, 2020}}