John Taylor (Canadian football)

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| name = John Taylor

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| birth_date = October 21, 1925

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|12|26|1925|10|21}}

| death_place = Smiths Falls, Ontario

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| position1 = End

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| college = McGill University

| playing_years1 = 1944

| playing_team1 = St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy

| playing_years2 = 1946, 1948–51

| playing_team2 = Montreal Alouettes

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• 2× Grey Cup champion (1944, 1949)

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John Miles Taylor (1925–2005) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. He played offensive end.

A native Montrealer, Taylor played football with Westhill High School, and later attended McGill University. He enlisted in the Navy during the Second World War.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?n=john-taylor&pid=16214108 John Taylor] (obituary) in The Ottawa Citizen dated Jan. 4, 2006, at legacy.com, accessed Jan. 6, 2018'Eager Beaver' Douglas won Cup with Als in 1949: Glenn Douglas still remembers what his salary was with the Alouettes in 1949: $3,000, The Montreal Gazette July 26, 2008, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150803014440/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=865db255-abd1-46e2-9225-474b3d843498 online] He first won the Grey Cup with the champion St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy team, and scored that game's only touchdown.Montreal Alouettes Pack Power, Passing, Speed Ottawa Citizen, November 23, 1949 He was a player with the inaugural Montreal Alouettes in 1946 and was part of the Larks first Grey Cup championship. He played 38 games for the Als over 5 seasons.[http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/t/taylor_john_miles.htm CFLAPEDIA entry - John Taylor]