Tim Baylor
{{Short description|American football player (born 1954)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Tim Baylor
| number = 47
| image = Baylor-Tim-1977.jpg
| caption = Baylor in 1977
| position = Defensive back
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|5|23}}
| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lbs = 195
| high_school = Cardozo (Washington, D.C.)
| college = Morgan St.
| draftyear = 1976
| draftround = 10
| draftpick = 283
| teams =
- Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1976}}–{{NFL Year|1978}})
- Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1979}})
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 59
| statlabel2 = Starts
| statvalue2 = 1
| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue3 = 3
| pfr = BaylTi20
}}
Tim O. Baylor (born May 23, 1954) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, and was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the tenth round of the 1976 NFL draft. He played for the Colts for three seasons and the Minnesota Vikings for one season in 1979. Baylor was the tallest defensive back in history of the NFL at 6'6" {{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BAYLOTIM01 |title=Tim Baylor Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards |publisher=databaseFootball.com |date=1954-05-23 |accessdate=2014-06-29 |url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930163826/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BAYLOTIM01 |archivedate=2007-09-30 }}
He is a member of Iota Phi Theta fraternity.
Post-football career
Even since retiring from the NFL, Baylor has been very involved in the business and political scene in Minneapolis, Minnesota community, where he currently resides. Baylor is founder and president of JADT Development Group, a residential and commercial construction firm, in Minneapolis.[http://www.onemanminneapolis.com/about.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119011639/http://www.onemanminneapolis.com/about.html|date=January 19, 2010}} He also operates three McDonald's franchises in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area.{{cite web |last=Battle |first=Roxane |url=http://www.minnpost.com/roxanebattle/2008/01/28/697/baylors_burgers_and_bingo_community_by_design |title=Baylors, burgers and bingo: Community by design |publisher=MinnPost |date= |accessdate=2014-06-29 |archive-date=2011-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105221326/http://www.minnpost.com/roxanebattle/2008/01/28/697/baylors_burgers_and_bingo_community_by_design |url-status=dead }}
Baylor has also served as a former member of the Minneapolis Planning Commission from 1992 to 2001, and ran as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor for the State of Minnesota in 2006.{{cite web |last=Robson |first=Britt |url=http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2006/05/lourey_to_name_tim_baylor_as_l.php |title=Lourey to name Tim Baylor as Lieutenant Governor choice | City Pages |publisher=Blogs.citypages.com |date=2006-05-31 |accessdate=2014-06-29 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009070849/http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2006/05/lourey_to_name_tim_baylor_as_l.php |archivedate=2012-10-09 }}
References
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