Earle Taylor
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| Florida Gators | |
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| Position | Halfback/Kicker |
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| College | Florida (1908–1912) |
| Bowl games | Bacardi Bowl (1912) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | February 2, 1891 |
| Place of birth | Ashland, Kansas |
| Date of death | September 10, 1955 (aged 64) |
| Place of death | Gainesville, Florida |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
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Earle Abbott "Dummy" Taylor (February 2, 1891 – September 10, 1955) was a college football player and oil company distributor. He was one of the first star athletes for the Florida Gators football team.
Taylor was born in Ashland, Kansas, in 1891. By age nine, he had moved with his family to Gainesville, Florida. His father, Herbert Taylor, was employed as a bank cashier.
Taylor played at the right halfback position for the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida from 1908 to 1912; the only UF player to earn five football letters. Some describe him as the school's first star athlete. Taylor was described by contemporaneous newspaper accounts as a legendary broken field runner and a master of the hidden ball trick, who could drop-kick field goals "at seemingly impossible angles and distance." He is a member of the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame.
He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. Taylor was picked as a halfback for an All-Time Florida Gators football team in 1927.
In his first season of 1908, Taylor's extra point decided the win over Stetson, after a Charlie Bartleson touchdown run. Taylor kicked three field goals to beat the Jacksonville Olympics in 1909. He was captain of the 1910 team which suffered its only loss to Mercer.
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