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Mike Taylor (wrestler)
Mike Taylor may refer to: Music * Mike Taylor (musician) (1938–1969), British jazz pianist and songwriter * Mike Taylor (guitarist) (1948–2010), American songwriter and archaeologist * Mike "Beard Guy" Taylor (died 2018), member of Walk off the Earth Sports * Mike Taylor (racing driver) (1934–2017), Formula One driver * Mike Taylor (cricketer, born 1942), English cricketer * Mike Taylor (cricketer, born 1944), English cricketer * Mike Taylor (offensive tackle) (born 1945), American football offensive tackle * Mike Taylor (linebacker, born 1949), American football linebacker * Mike Taylor (linebacker, born 1989), Wisconsin Badgers linebacker * Mike Taylor (basketball coach) (born 1972), American basketball coach * Mike Taylor (basketball player) (born 1986), American basketball guard * Mike Taylor (swimmer) (born 1964), British multiple sclerosis activist Other * Mike Taylor (Montana politician) (born 1941), American politician * Mike Taylor (public servant), Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Taylor (musician)
Michael Ronald Taylor (1 June 1938, Ealing, West London – 19 January 1969) was a British jazz composer, pianist and co-songwriter for the band Cream. Biography Mike Taylor was brought up by his grandparents in London and Kent, and joined the RAF for his national service. Having rehearsed and written extensively throughout the early 1960s, he recorded two albums for the Lansdowne series produced by Denis Preston: ''Pendulum'' (1966) with drummer Jon Hiseman, bassist Tony Reeves and saxophonist Dave Tomlin and ''Trio'' (1967) with Hiseman and bassists Jack Bruce and Ron Rubin. The albums were issued on UK Columbia. During his brief recording career, several of Taylor's pieces were played and recorded by his contemporaries. Three Taylor compositions were recorded by Cream, with lyrics by drummer Ginger Baker: "Passing the Time", "Pressed Rat and Warthog" and "Those Were the Days", all of which appeared on the band's August 1968 album '' Wheels of Fire''. Neil Ardley's Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Taylor (guitarist)
Michael C. Taylor (July 21, 1948 – September 5, 2010) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and arranger. After a successful musical career, he became an historian, archaeologist and preservationist. He is widely remembered as a performer and co-writer on John Denver's song "Rocky Mountain High". Early life Taylor was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the son of Katie Steed and George F. Taylor. As a boy, he and his father collected native American arrowheads and similar artifacts around the area where they lived. As a teenager, he taught himself to play the acoustic guitar. By his late teens and early twenties, he had become the lead guitarist for folk singers in both Fayetteville and New York. Musical career Taylor rose quickly in the music world, serving as lead guitarist for Joni Mitchell and similar artists, all before his 21st birthday. Herb Metoyer was one of his early influences and mentors. He joined The John Denver Band in 1969, and was involved in writing, arra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Taylor (racing Driver)
Michael John Clifford Taylor (24 April 1934 – 4 April 2017) was a British racing driver. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 July 1959. He scored no championship points. He also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races. His racing career effectively ended when his steering column weld failed on his Lotus 18 in the 1960 Belgian Grand Prix at . He was thrown from the car, cutting down a tree with his body and broke several bones (Alan Stacey and Chris Bristow were killed and Stirling Moss was also injured at the event, crashing his Lotus 18 in practice). He was paralysed, but after therapy was able to regain the ability to walk. Because of his car failure Taylor later sued Lotus successfully, one of the few successful actions against the makers of a racing car. After his accident, Taylor sporadically competed in long distance rallying, finishing third in the London–Sydney Marathon in 1977 in a Citroën CX w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Taylor (cricketer, Born 1942)
Michael Norman Somerset Taylor (born 12 November 1942) was an English first-class cricketer who played mainly for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and Hampshire County Cricket Club in a career that spanned the 1964 and 1980 seasons and included 375 first-class and 226 limited overs matches. Taylor was born along, of course, with twin Brother Derek at Shardeloes House an 18th Century Manor House set in the Chiltern Hills just outside Amersham. His early cricket was played at Amersham Hill C.C. and then Chesham C.C. where he benefitted from being coached by Alf Pope the ex-Derbyshire bowler. Before moving to Trent Bridge Taylor played Minor County Cricket for Buckinghamshire. Whilst qualifying by residence for Nottinghamshire he enjoyed a successful season in 1963 with Spen Victoria C.C. in the Bradford League. Taylor was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire in 1964 and played there until 1972, when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Taylor (cricketer, Born 1944)
Mike Taylor (born George Mike Taylor on 15 August 1944) was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Cheshire. He was born in Stockport, Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t .... Taylor, who represented Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1980 and 1982, made a single List A appearance for the team, during the 1981 NatWest Trophy, against Hampshire. From the upper-middle order, he scored 10 runs. Taylor's son, Andrew Bond, played for Suffolk in the Minor Counties Championship between 1996 and 1997. External linksMike Taylorat CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Mike 1944 births Living people English cricketers Cheshire cricketers Sportspeople from Stockport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Taylor (offensive Tackle)
Michael Ray Taylor (May 15, 1945 – November 18, 2015) was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). College career Taylor played college football at the University of Southern California and was drafted in the first round (tenth pick overall) of the 1968 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel .... Professional career Taylor played in the National Football League for six seasons. Taylor worked at Viking Freight System for many years. He helped make the Sacramento, CA operations team great! {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Mike 1945 births Living people American football offensive tackles New Orleans Saints players Washington Redskins players St. Louis Cardinals (football) players Players of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Taylor (linebacker, Born 1949)
Michael Taylor (born September 21, 1949) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1971 and was a consensus All-American in 1971. He played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets in 1972 and 1973. He also played for the Detroit Wheels in the World Football League in 1974. Early years Taylor was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1949. He attended Martin Luther King High School in Detroit. University of Michigan Taylor enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1968 and played college football for head coach Bo Schembechler's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1969 to 1971. He made 117 tackles and 63 assists in three years at Michigan, including 64 tackles and 33 assists in 1971. He was a consensus first-team linebacker on the 1971 College Football All-America Team. In 2005, Taylor was selected as one of the 100 greatest Michigan football players of all time by the "Motown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Taylor (linebacker, Born 1989)
Mike Taylor (born October 7, 1989) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has been a member of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. College career 2008 Taylor redshirted his first season. He was named Wisconsin's defensive scout player of the week at Indiana on November 8. 2009 Taylor was named on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team by Sporting News. Taylor played and started seven games as a freshman. Taylor suffered a season-ending knee injury against Iowa. He led the leam with 46 tackles at the time of his injury. 2010 Taylor was named consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten. Taylor played in and started 12 games. He was second on the team in tackles-for-loss, tied for second in interceptions and fourth in tackles. 2011 Taylor was named first-team All-Big Ten by the media and second-team by the coaches. He was also chosen as UW's co-Jimmy Demetral Team MVP. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Taylor (basketball Coach)
Michael Richard Taylor (born August 29, 1972) is an American basketball coach. He currently serves as head coach for the Winnipeg Sea Bears of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). Previously, he was head coach of the Poland national team, which he led to the Round of 16 at the 2015 EuroBasket and the quarter-finals of the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Before he coached Poland, he led several professional teams in the United States and Germany. Coaching career Hamburg Towers On 23 May 2018, Taylor signed a two-year contract with Hamburg Towers of the German second tier ProA. He was sitting there without notice and without being noticed until a journalist walking up the steps recognized the spectator who knew a bit more about basketball than all the others there. In the stand for the first game of day three at the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships was Mike Taylor, the new head coach of the Hamburg Towers, a second tier ProA team in the Basketball Bundesliga with gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Taylor (basketball Player)
Michael Rene Taylor (born January 21, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Chipola College and Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball, Iowa State. College basketball College basketball, Collegiately, Taylor played three seasons for Chipola College (NJCAA-FCCAA, 2004–2005 to 2005–2006) and Iowa State University (2006–07), leading the latter team in scoring with 16.0 points per game. However, he was dismissed from the team in July 2007 after a series of brushes with the law. Professional career NBA During 2007–08, he played for the Idaho Stampede of the NBA Development League, averaging 14.5 points per game in 39 games. Taylor was drafted 55th overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, becoming the first player in NBA history to be drafted out of the D-League. Portland acquired the 55th pick, used to select Taylor, from the Phoenix Suns trade via the Indiana Pacers. However, he was traded to the Los Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Taylor (swimmer)
Mike Taylor (born 1964), also known by the alias Taylor MH, is an English athlete, public speaker, and author from Stourbridge, England. After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the age of 26, he became the first person with MS to successfully swim a relay of the English Channel in 1997. Despite being unable to use his legs, he later completed a swimming relay of Loch Lomond in Scotland, a relay from Majorca to Menorca in the Balearic Islands, and three team relays from Santa Catalina Island to Santa Monica in California. In each case he raised funds to donate to non-profits such as the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Myelin Research Project. He also founded the MS charity foundation Turning the Tides (TTT). Taylor is a frequent public speaker and has announced that he is releasing his memoir ''Making a Splash'' on History Publishing in 2012. Early life Michael Taylor was born in 1964 to Graham and Brenda Taylor of Pedmore, Stourbridge England. He is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
