Gordon Taylor (footballer)

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Gordon Taylor (born 28 December 1944 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a former footballer and current chief executive of the English footballers' trade union, the Professional Footballers Association. He is reputed to be the highest paid union official in the world.^{[citation needed]}

Taylor played over 250 games for Bolton Wanderers and scored more than 50 goals mostly from inside forward before being transferred to Birmingham City in 1970. He went over to the USA and played one season in the American League in 1977, before returning to play for Blackburn Rovers and finally Bury before retiring in 1980 to work full-time for the PFA.