Wendell Taylor

Wendell Taylor
Navy Midshipmen
Career history
College U.S. Naval Academy (1922)
Personal information
Date of birth April 7, 1899
Date of death October 6, 1987 (aged 88)
Career highlights and awards
  • Consensus All-American (1922)

Wendell Smith Taylor (April 7, 1899 – October 6, 1987)[1][2] was an American football player. He was raised in Oklahoma, and, in June 1919, he was admitted to the United States Naval Academy.[3] At the Academy, he played at the end position for the Navy Midshipmen football team. He was a consensus first-team selection to the 1922 College Football All-America Team.[4] He also competed in track for the Naval Academy and has been inducted into the Navy Sports Hall of Fame.[5] In his later years, he lived in Cookson, Oklahoma. He died in 1987 at the age of 88.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Wendell Smith, 7 Apr 1899 - 6 Oct 1987
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Wendell Taylor, last residence 74427 Cookson, Cherokee, Oklahoma, USA, born 7 Apr 1899, died Oct 1987. SSN issued Oklahoma (Before 1951)
  3. ↑ Annual Register of the United States Naval Academy, 1921-1922. Government Printing Office. 1921. p. 122.(Wendell Smith Taylor from Oklahoma admitted June 1919 at age 20 years, 3 mos.)
  4. ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Hall of Fame Index". Navy Sports. Retrieved August 22, 2014.