Researching Phil Taylor
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The name Phil means "Form of PHILLIP. Loving" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Phil Taylor on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Phil Taylor and the Taylor Family History
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Some Famous People called Phil Taylor
Phil Taylor (darts player)
Philip Douglas Taylor (born 13 August 1960) is an English former professional darts player. Nicknamed The Power, he dominated darts for over two decades and won 214 professional tournaments, including a record 85 major titles and a record 16 World Championships. In 2015, the BBC rated Taylor among the ten greatest British sportsmen of the last 35 years. He is the richest and most successful darts player in history.
Taylor won eight consecutive World Championships from 1995 to 2002, reached 14 consecutive finals from 1994 to 2007 and reached 21 world finals overall, all of which are records. He held the world number one ranking for thirteen years in total, including eight in a row from 2006–2013. He won 70 PDC Pro Tour events, which was a record until Michael van Gerwen passed it in February 2019. Taylor hit a record 11 televised nine-dart finishes (and 22 overall). He was also the first person to hit two nine-dart finishes in the same match.
Taylor played in competitions organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO) until 1993. Amidst growing disenchantment with the BDO, he was among 16 top players who broke away to form their own organisation, the World Darts Council, now known as the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He won the PDC Player of the Year award six times (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012) and was twice nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, in 2006 and 2010; in the latter event he finished as runner-up, making him the only darts player ever to finish in the top two. He was inducted into the PDC Hall of Fame in 2011. Taylor retired from professional darts after the .
Source: Phil Taylor (darts player), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPhil Taylor (rugby union)
Philip Joseph Taylor was an England rugby union international No.8 winning six caps between 1955 and 1962.
He played club rugby for Wakefield RFC and Northampton.
Phil Taylor first took up rugby upon visiting College Grove, the home of Wakefield RFC, in 1948 with a friend. Up until then, he had played Water polo.
He made his debut for Wakefield RFC during the 1948/49 season but it wasn't until the following season that he became a first team regular.
In November 1949 he left the club to join the Duke of Wellington's Regiment for his National service training. In April 1951 he was selected for the Army side to play France.
He played for Yorkshire fifty-four times appearing in the Yorkshire sides that won the County Championship in 1952-53 and 1956-57. He played three times for the Barbarians making his first appearance on 4 April 1953 against Cardiff and his last on 3 March 1955 against East Midlands.
He played for England in trial matches before making his full debut for England in their defeat to Wales in November 1955. He went on to play another five times for England, his last cap being in a drawn game against Scotland in March 1962.
He was educated at St Austin's school, Wakefield, Salesian College, Farnborough and Loughborough University with whom he played.
On joining Loughborough University, he joined Northampton under which club he made his England appearances. In February 1966 he donated an England shirt to Wakefield RFC
He was a representative for a Northampton firm of timber importers.
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