Jeff Taylor (mai wasan ƙwallon ƙafa)

Jeffrey Neilson Taylor (20 Satumba 1930 - 28 Disamba 2010) ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Ingila wanda ya buga a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Huddersfield Town, Fulham da Brentford a matsayin ɗan wasan gaba . Ya ci gaba da yin wasan opera. 

 Aikin ƙwallon ƙafa 
A cikin shekaru takwas na aikinsa na ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, Taylor ya buga wasa a Sashe na Farko, Sashe na Biyu da Sashe na Uku na Kudu na Gasar Kwallon Kafa ta Huddersfield Town, Fulham da Brentford bi da bi.  Taylor ya zura kwallaye biyu a kakar wasa ta farko da ya yi da Huddersfield Town.  Ya koma Fulham a watan Nuwamba na 1951 kuma ya zira kwallaye uku a ɗaya daga cikin wasannin farko da ya buga da Middlesbrough,   kafin karatunsa na kiɗa ya fara zama abin da ya fi muhimmanci kuma ya fice daga ikin ƙungiyar farko.  Shi ne ɗan wasa na biyu mafi yawan zura kwallaye a Brentford a kakar wasa ta 1956–57, wanda shi ne na ƙarshe a ƙwallon ƙafa.  Taylor ya kammala aikinsa bayan ya zira kwallaye 84 a wasanni 204.  Idan aka waiwayi baya a shekarar 1997 bayan ya yi ritaya da wuri, Taylor ya ce, "waƙa ta yi nasara a ranar. Ba ni da dogon buri a ƙwallon ƙafa kuma na fahimci cewa ba zai yiwu in auri su biyun ba". 

 Aikin opera 
A lokacin da yake ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, Taylor ya sami damar amfani da albashinsa don biyan kuɗin karatunsa a fannin waƙa da piano a Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Royal . [1] Taylor ya yi wasan opera da sunan "Neilson Taylor" kuma ƙwararren mai wasan bass ne. Bayan ya yi ritaya daga ƙwallon ƙafa, ya shiga Kamfanin Opera na Yorkshire. [1] Taylor ya koma a shekarar 1962 don ya yi karatu a makarantar sakandare ta Michel Roux a fannin Pelléas et Mélisande da Walter Alberti da John Shirley-Quirk a fannin L'incoronazione di Poppea a Glyndebourne . [1] Lokacinsa a Glyndebourne ya zama babban ci gaba kuma ya yi yawon buɗe ido a duniya, ya shafe lokaci a Ostiraliya da kuma shekara guda a Mantua a Italiya, wanda ya haifar da aiki a Royal Opera House da ke Covent Garden da kuma a Rotterdam . [2] Ya bayyana a cikin rikodin Unicorn na 1971 mai suna A Peter Warlock Merry-Go-Down, taken taken shine "waƙoƙi, kamawa da waƙoƙi, masu son jama'a, masu son soyayya da kuma bibulous", wanda Fred Tomlinson ya haɗa. An sake fitar da shi a 2024.

Taylor ya kasa cika alkawarinsa a matsayinsa na mai yin wasan kwaikwayo, amma ya sami gamsuwa lokacin da aka naɗa shi Farfesa na Waƙa a Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Royal Scottish da ke Glasgow kuma ya ci gaba da wannan rawar har tsawon shekaru 18. 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Kanin sa, Ken Taylor shi ma ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa a Huddersfield.  Ken kuma ƙwararren ɗan wasan kurket ne, yana buga gwaje-gwaje uku a Ingila da kuma wasan kurket a matakin farko a Yorkshire .  Ɗan Ken (ɗan'uwan Jeff) Nick Taylor shi ma ya buga wasan kurket a Yorkshire. Yayin da yake ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa, Taylor ya yi karatun digiri a fannin Geography a Jami'ar London .  Bayan ya yi ritaya daga koyarwa, Taylor ya yi ritaya zuwa Yorkshire . 

 Ƙididdigar aiki 
+Bayyanar da kwallaye a raga ta kulob, kakar wasa da kuma gasa Kulob Kakar wasa Gasar League Kofin FA Jimilla Sashe Manhajoji Ƙwallaye Manhajoji Ƙwallaye Manhajoji Ƙwallaye Garin Huddersfield 1949–50  Sashe na Farko 21 11 0 0 21 11 1950–51  34 11 3 2 37 13 1951–52  13 5 ― 13 5 Jimilla 68 27 3 2 71 29 Fulham 1951–52  Sashe na Farko 21 4 0 0 21 4 Brentford 1954–55  Rukunin Uku na Kudu 13 4 0 0 13 4 1955–56  43 15 2 1 45 16 1956–57  38 15 2 2 40 17 Jimilla 94 34 4 3 98 37 Jimillar aiki 203 73 7 5 210 78
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2010
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1930