John Paskin Taylor

John Paskin Taylor was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Taylor was born in Bangalore, British India, the son of a Wesleyan minister. He was educated at Kingswood School in Bath and studied at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He played for and became secretary of the Cambridge University hockey team and won his blue in 1951 and 1952. After Cambridge he played club hockey for Rhyl Hockey Club and represented Wales at international level.
Taylor received the call up for the Olympics in May 1952 and was one of three Welshman in the team with Graham Dadds and Bill Lindsay-Smith. He subsequently represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, where he won the bronze medal. He played one match as forward.