What is Jim Taylor?
[[File:Jim Taylor 1967.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Taylor in 1967]] '''James Charles Taylor''' (September 20, 1935 &ndash; October 13, 2018) was an [[American football]] [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]] and businessman. He was born in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]. He played professionally in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for ten seasons, with the [[Green Bay Packers]] from 1958 to 1966 and with the expansion [[New Orleans Saints]] in 1967. He was commissioner of the [[United States Rugby League]] in 1978 and attempted to start a 12-team competition.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. rugby league formed |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3QMMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fFoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2092,205550 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |date=August 16, 1978 |access-date=December 14, 2016|page=3C}}</ref> The Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee named Taylor to its [[NFL 1960s All-Decade Team]], which comprised the best players of the 1960s at each position.<ref>{{cite web|title=NFL's All-Decade Team of 1960s|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/news/nfl-s-all-decade-team-of-1960s/|publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame|access-date=December 18, 2016|date=January 15, 2010}}</ref> Taylor was diagnosed with [[hepatitis C]] in 1989, but it was found to be dormant by 2000. Taylor died in Baton Rogue on October 13, 2018 at the age of 83.<ref>[https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_ac5305e2-cf09-11e8-bee0-1300ab32422e.html LSU All-American, Hall of Famer Jim Taylor dies at 83; see his records, accolades]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.lasportshall.com/inductees/football/jimmy-taylor/?back=inductee Jim Taylor] at the [[Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Jim}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Green Bay Packers players]] [[Category:New Orleans Saints players]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Baton Rouge, Louisiana]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Baton Rouge, Louisiana]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}