David Aubrey Taylor (born 11 November 1944) is an Australian former

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international. A native of

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, Taylor attended

Anglican Church Grammar School The Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS), formerly the Church of England Grammar School and commonly referred to as Churchie, is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in East Brisbane, an inner suburb of Brisbane, ...

, where he showed abilities in multiple sports. He threw

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, was a fast bowler on the All Schools’ cricket team and had two seasons in the school's 1st XV, earning GPS 1st XV honours. After school, Taylor played briefly for GPS Old Boys. Taylor, a

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

number eight, made the 1966–67 tour of Britain, Ireland and France with the

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, but was kept out of the Test matches by incumbent forward John O'Gorman. He gained all five of his Wallabies caps in 1968, playing home Tests against the

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and France, then the Ireland and Scotland matches on the tour of British Isles. The following year, Taylor had to retire with a serious neck injury, at the age of 24.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, David 1944 births Living people Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Rugby union number eights Rugby union players from Brisbane People educated at Anglican Church Grammar School GPS Rugby players University of Queensland Rugby Club players

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