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Jack Taylor

1930 - 2012

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John Keith Taylor (21 May 1930 – 27 July 2012) was an English football referee. Later described by the Football League as "perhaps the finest English referee of all time", Taylor was famous for officiating in the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final during which he awarded two penalties in the first 30 minutes. The first of these penalty kicks, awarded after just a minute of play, was the first penalty kick awarded in a World Cup final. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Taylor is the 14th most popular referee (down from 11th in 2019), the 2,991st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,691st in 2019) and the most popular British Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Jack Taylor ranks 14 out of 147. Before him are Nicola Rizzoli, Björn Kuipers, Said Belqola, Nicolae Rainea, Horacio Elizondo, and Rudi Glöckner. After him are Howard Webb, Gottfried Dienst, Sergio Gonella, Roberto Rosetti, István Kovács, and Maurice Guigue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jack Taylor ranks 317. Before him are Christian Tumi, Luis de Pablo, Choi Chung-min, Ernst Tugendhat, Jan Olszewski, and Jesús Garay. After him are Rubén Morán, Ahmed Osman, Pat McCormick, Ilya Glazunov, Justinas Marcinkevičius, and Hédi Baccouche. Among people deceased in 2012, Jack Taylor ranks 216. Before him are Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, Ċensu Tabone, Simin Daneshvar, Ann Curtis, Pierre Schoendoerffer, and Georgi Lozanov. After him are James Farentino, Peter Carsten, Émile Allais, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, Leonardo Favio, and Txillardegi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Taylor ranks 2,992 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Owen (1915), Anna Kingsford (1846), Felicity Jones (1983), David C. Jewitt (1958), Ruth Wilson (1982), and Dora Boothby (1881). After him are James Nasmyth (1808), Matthew Vaughn (1971), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), Tim McInnerny (1956), Norman McLaren (1914), and Eleanor of Scotland (1433).

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Among REFEREES In United Kingdom

Among referees born in United Kingdom, Jack Taylor ranks 1. After him are Howard Webb (1971), Anthony Taylor (1978), Graham Poll (1963), Willie Collum (1979), Martin Atkinson (1971), Michael Oliver (1985), Mark Clattenburg (1975), Hugh Dallas (1957), Mike Dean (1968), Craig Thomson (1972), and Michaela Tabb (1967).

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