Joseph Taylor (rugby league)

Joseph Taylor was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, and 1910s playing at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 153), as a Prop, Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 8 or 10, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.

On 23 March 1907, Joseph Taylor on his debut, took part in a mile foot race for £100 prize money against Oliver Littlewood, of Outwood, the veteran amateur long distance runner. 2,287 people paid for admission with receipts of £54 12s 2d. Littlewood started the race bandaged and was to retire after 3/4 of a mile, leaving Taylor untested, as he finished alone amidst great excitement and cheering.

Joseph Taylor played Right-Prop, i.e. number 10, in Wakefield Trinity's 17-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1909 Challenge Cup Final during the 1908–09 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Tuesday 20 April 1909, in front of a crowd of 23,587.

Joseph Taylor played Loose forward/Lock in Wakefield Trinity's 8-2 victory over Huddersfield in the 1910 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1910–11 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 3 December 1910.