Graham Taylor

**Graham Taylor**  (15 September 1944 – 12 January 2017) was a British football manager and player. He was the chairman of Watford Football Club. He was the manager of the England national football team from 1990 to 1993. He also managed Lincoln City, Watford, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He played for Lincoln City and Grimsby Town between 1962 and 1972.

Taylor was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He married Rita Cowling in 1965. They had two daughters.

Taylor died from a heart attack on 12 January 2017 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. He was 72.

### As a manager

- Lincoln City
- Football League Fourth Division Champions: 1975–76

- Watford
- Football League Fourth Division Champions: 1977–78
- Football League Third Division Runners-up: 1978–79
- Football League Second Division Runners-up: 1981–82
- Football League First Division Runners-up: 1982–83
- FA Cup Runners-up: 1984
- Football League Division Two Champions: 1997–98
- Football League Division One Play-off winner: 1998–99

- Aston Villa
- Football League Second Division Runners-up: 1987–88
- Football League First Division  Runners-up: 1989–90

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2!" style="width:250px;" align=center|Team|rowspan="2!" style="width:120px;" align=center|From|rowspan="2!" style="width:120px;" align=center|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Lincoln City|align=left|Dec 1972|align=left|Jun 1977|||
|align=left|Watford|align=left|Jun 1977|align=left|May 1987|||
|align=left|Aston Villa|align=left|May 1987|align=left|Jul 1990|||
|align=left|England|align=left|Jul 1990|align=left|Nov 1993|||
|align=left|Wolverhampton Wanderers|align=left|Mar 1994|align=left|Nov 1995|||
|align=left|Watford|align=left|Feb 1996|align=left|Jun 1996|||
|align=left|Watford|align=left|Jun 1997|align=left|May 2001|||
|align=left|Aston Villa|align=left|Feb 2002|align=left|May 2003|||

## Further reading

- _England: The Official F.A History_, Niall Edworthy, Virgin Publishers, 1997, .
- _Gary Lineker: Strikingly Different_, Colin Malam, Stanley Paul Publications, London, 1993
- _Do I not Like That – The Final Chapter_, Chrysalis Sport, Distributed by Polygram Record Operations, 1994.

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Graham Taylor
<small>Order of the British Empire, OBE</small>
- **image**: Graham Taylor.jpg
- **image size**: 175
- **caption**: Taylor pictured in 2010
- **fullname**: Graham Taylor
- **birth place**: Worksop, England
- **death place**: Kings Langley, England
- **position**: Full back (association football), Full back
- **years1**: 1962–1968
- **years2**: 1968–1972
- **clubs1**: Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town
- **clubs2**: Lincoln City F.C., Lincoln City
- **caps1**: 189
- **caps2**: 150
- **goals1**: 2
- **goals2**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 339
- **totalgoals**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 1972–1977
- **manageryears2**: 1977–1987
- **manageryears3**: 1987–1990
- **manageryears4**: 1990–1993
- **manageryears5**: 1994–1995
- **manageryears6**: 1996
- **manageryears7**: 1997–2001
- **manageryears8**: 2002–2003
- **managerclubs1**: Lincoln City F.C., Lincoln City
- **managerclubs2**: Watford F.C., Watford
- **managerclubs3**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **managerclubs4**: England national football team, England
- **managerclubs5**: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers
- **managerclubs6**: Watford F.C., Watford
- **managerclubs7**: Watford F.C., Watford
- **managerclubs8**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa