Oliver Taylor (boxer)
 Taylor (left) at the 1960 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 February 1938 Townsville, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 December 2000 (aged 62) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oliver William Taylor (19 February 1938 – 30 December 2000[1]) was an Australian bantamweight boxer. He won a silver medal at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and a bronze at the 1960 Olympics,[2][3] before turning professional.[4] He is the older brother of Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Wally Taylor.[5]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oliver Taylor (boxer).
- ↑ "Oliver William Taylor (1938 - 2000)". brisbane.discovereverafter.com. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- ↑ The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896–2002. Australian Olympic Committee. 2003. p. 57. ISBN 0-7022-3425-7.
- ↑ Oliver Taylor. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Boxing record for Oliver Taylor from BoxRec (registration required)
- ↑ Kieza, Grantlee (9 August 2012). "Wally Taylor, Robbie Peden into Australian Boxing Hall of Fame". news.com.au.
External links
- Boxing record for Oliver Taylor from BoxRec (registration required)
Categories:
- 1938 births
- 2000 deaths
- Bantamweight boxers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Olympic boxers for Australia
- Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Australian male boxers
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Townsville
- Sportsmen from Queensland
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in boxing
- Australian Olympic medalist stubs
- Australian boxing biography stubs