Graham Taylor

Graham Taylor OBE (15 September 1944 – 12 January 2017) was a British football manager and player. He was the chairman of Watford Football Club. He was the manager of the England national football team from 1990 to 1993. He also managed Lincoln City, Watford, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He played for Lincoln City and Grimsby Town between 1962 and 1972.

Graham Taylor
OBE

Taylor pictured in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Graham Taylor
Date of birth	(1944-09-15)15 September 1944
Place of birth	Worksop, England
Date of death	12 January 2017(2017-01-12) (aged 72)
Place of death	Kings Langley, England[1]
Position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1968	Grimsby Town	189	(2)
1968–1972	Lincoln City	150	(1)
Total		339	(3)
Managerial career
1972–1977	Lincoln City
1977–1987	Watford
1987–1990	Aston Villa
1990–1993	England
1994–1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1996	Watford
1997–2001	Watford
2002–2003	Aston Villa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Taylor was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He married Rita Cowling in 1965. They had two daughters.

Taylor died from a heart attack on 12 January 2017 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. He was 72.^[2][3]

Honours

As a manager

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Lincoln City

• Football League Fourth Division Champions: 1975–76

Watford

• Football League Fourth Division Champions: 1977–78
• Football League Third Division Runners-up: 1978–79
• Football League Second Division Runners-up: 1981–82
• Football League First Division Runners-up: 1982–83
• FA Cup Runners-up: 1984
• Football League Division Two Champions: 1997–98
• Football League Division One Play-off winner: 1998–99

Aston Villa

• Football League Second Division Runners-up: 1987–88
• Football League First Division Runners-up: 1989–90

Managerial statistics

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Team	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
Lincoln City	Dec 1972	Jun 1977	236	104	69	63	044.07
Watford	Jun 1977	May 1987	527	244	124	159	046.30
Aston Villa	May 1987	Jul 1990	142	65	35	42	045.77
England	Jul 1990	Nov 1993	38	18	13	7	047.37
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Mar 1994	Nov 1995	88	37	27	24	042.05
Watford	Feb 1996	Jun 1996	18	5	8	5	027.78
Watford	Jun 1997	May 2001	202	79	52	71	039.11
Aston Villa	Feb 2002	May 2003	60	19	14	27	031.67
Total			1,311	571	342	398	043.55

Further reading

• Birnie, Lionel (2010). Enjoy the Game – Watford FC, The Story of the Eighties. Peloton Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9567814-0-6.
• Phillips, Oliver (2001). The Golden Boys: A Study of Watford's Cult Heroes. Alpine Press Ltd. ISBN 0-9528631-6-2.
• Phillips, Oliver (1991). The Official Centenary History of Watford FC 1881–1991. Watford Football Club. ISBN 0-9509601-6-0.
• England: The Official F.A History, Niall Edworthy, Virgin Publishers, 1997, ISBN 1-85227-699-1.
• Gary Lineker: Strikingly Different, Colin Malam, Stanley Paul Publications, London, 1993 ISBN 0-09-175424-0
• Do I not Like That – The Final Chapter, Chrysalis Sport, Distributed by Polygram Record Operations, 1994.