Chuck Taylor (American football)

American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican football player and coach, college athletics administrator
PlacesUnited States of America
wasAmerican football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth24 January 1920, Portland
Death7 May 1994 (aged 74 years)
The details

Biography

Charles Albert "Chuck" Taylor (January 24, 1920 – May 7, 1994) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at Stanford University from 1940 to 1942, returned as head football coach from 1951 to 1957, and served as the school's athletic director from 1963 to 1971. During his coaching tenure at Stanford, Taylor compiled a 40–29–2 record and led the Indians to the 1952 Rose Bowl his first season. That same season, at the age of 31, Taylor was named AFCA Coach of the Year, the youngest recipient of the award ever.
As a sophomore, Taylor was one of the "Wow Boys" on the undefeated 1940 Stanford Indians football team and played in Stanford's 1941 Rose Bowl victory over Nebraska. As a senior in 1942, he was an All-American guard.
By coaching his team to the 1952 Rose Bowl, Taylor became the first person to have participated in the Rose Bowl Game both as a player and a head coach; only six other men have accomplished this feat since Taylor.
After leaving coaching in 1957, Taylor returned to Stanford in 1963 as athletic director, where he served until 1971, when Stanford played in the 1971 Rose Bowl, giving him the distinction of being only one of two men who has participated in a Rose Bowl Game as a player, coach, and athletic director. The other man is Jess Hill of USC, who played in the 1930 Rose Bowl, coached in the 1953 and 1955 Rose Bowls, and was athletic director for the 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1970 Rose Bowls.
For many years Taylor and his wife also directed a camp for young people in the coastal range of Northern California near Santa Cruz, called Mountain Camp, where hundreds of young people enjoyed two-week sessions with unlimited recreation and character-building activities.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffsCoaches#AP°
Stanford Indians (Pacific Coast Conference) (1951–1957)
1951Stanford9–26–11stL Rose77
1952Stanford5–52–5T–6th
1953Stanford6–3–15–1–12nd1719
1954Stanford4–62–46th
1955Stanford6–3–13–2–13rd2016
1956Stanford4–63–46th
1957Stanford6–44–35th
Stanford:40–29–225–20–2
Total:40–29–2
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.

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