Otis Taylor (ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka)

**Otis Taylor** **Jr.** (11 ga Agusta, 1942 - 9 ga Maris, 2023) ƙwararren mai karɓar ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Amurka wanda ya buga wasa a American Football League (AFL). Ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta kwaleji ga Prairie View A&amp;amp;M Panthers kuma Kansas City Chiefs ta zaɓe shi a zagaye na huɗu na daftarin AFL na 1965. Haka kuma an zaɓe shi a zagaye na 15 na daftarin NFL na 1965 ta Philadelphia Eagles, amma ya zaɓi ya buga wasa a AFL don Chiefs inda zai yi duk aikinsa.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Taylor a ranar 11 ga Agusta, 1942, a Houston ga Lillian Lee da Otis Taylor Sr. Mahaifiyarsa da ƙanwarsa, Florence (Odell) suka rene shi. [1] [2] [3] Odell zai kula da shi a lokacin da ya tsufa a lokacin rashin lafiya da raguwar hankali. Taylor ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Evan E. Worthing, inda ya kasance ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa, ya buga ƙwallon kwando, kuma ya yi tsere. [2] [3] Ya kasance ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na All-State a ƙwallon ƙafa.

## Aikin kwaleji
Taylor ya halarci Jami'ar Prairie View A&amp;amp;M a kan tallafin karatu na ƙwallon kwando, amma ya zama fitaccen ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta. Taylor ya kasance ɗan wasan baya na ƙungiyar har zuwa shekararsa ta biyu, lokacin da aka maye gurbinsa da Jim Kearney, wanda zai ci gaba da buga wasa a AFL da National Football League (NFL) a matsayin abokin wasan Taylor a Kansas City.  

A shekarar 1963, ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta lashe gasar Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), kuma ta zo ta biyu a gasar zakarun ƙwallon ƙafa ta National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) a shekarar 1963.      Prairie View ita ce ƙungiyar HBCU ta farko da ta shiga gasar NAIA. Ba a doke ta ba a kakar wasa ta yau da kullun da kuma wasan farko na playoff (10-0), kafin ta kai wasan ƙarshe da Jami'ar St. Johns ta Minnesota, inda ta sha kashi da ci 33-27 a wasan Camellia Bowl . 

Taylor ya samu nasarar kama ƙwallon ƙafa 42 a cikin shekaru huɗu, kuma a matsayinsa na ɗan shekara shida, an naɗa shi a matsayin ɗan wasa na farko a ƙungiyar NAIA All-American .    Ƙungiyar Pittsburgh Courier ta zaɓe shi cikin ƙungiyar ta biyu ta All American.  Shekara guda da ta gabata, an zaɓe Taylor a matsayin ɗan wasa na NAIA District 6B All-American. 

A matsayinsa na ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando, ya sami kwarin gwiwa daga fitaccen ɗan wasan NBA Elgin Baylor . Saurin da ya samu a matsayinsa na ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando ya sa ya zama ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa mafi kyau. A wasan ƙwallon kwando na kwaleji, ya taɓa fuskantar babban ɗan wasan NBA na gaba Willis Reed (wanda ya halarci Jami'ar Jihar Grambling ),  kuma ya buga masa wasa har ma. 

An shigar da Taylor cikin Zauren Wasannin Fina-finai na Prairie View a shekarar 1992.  A shekarar 1972, makarantar ta yi ritaya daga lambarsa ta 17, wacce ita ce ta farko a tarihin Prairie View.   A shekarar 2016, an shigar da shi cikin Zauren Kwallon Kafa na Kwalejin Baƙar fata. 

## Sana'ar ƙwararru
An zaɓi Taylor a zagaye na huɗu na daftarin AFL na 1965 (Chiefs) da kuma zagaye na 15 na daftarin NFL, ta hannun Philadelphia Eagles .  Bayan wani sanannen lamari na "kula da jarirai", wanda Taylor ya "tsere" daga masu leƙen asiri na NFL, an sanya masa hannu a matsayin memba na Chiefs ta hannun fitaccen ɗan leƙen asiri Lloyd Wells .  

Shi ne samfurin manyan masu karɓar 'yan wasa masu ƙwarewa da za su bi a matsayin waɗanda suka fi yin fice a ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙwararru. 

Kocin Future Hall of Fame na Chiefs, Hank Stram  ya kawo Taylor a hankali a matsayin sabon shiga, har sai da ya fara amfani da Taylor saboda raunin da Chris Burford ya samu a wasanni uku da suka gabata na kakar wasa. Ya buga wasa ne musamman a kungiyoyi na musamman kafin hakan. Taylor ya kama liyafa 16 daga cikin liyafa 26 da ya yi a wannan shekarar a cikin wadannan wasanni uku da suka gabata. Ya samu kamafa biyar na touchdown, kuma ya samu matsakaicin yadi 17.2 a kowace liyafa, wanda shine na hudu mafi kyau a AFL. Ya kasance na biyu a cikin dukkan sabbin shiga a liyafa, uku bayan George Sauer Jr., wanda ya fara wasanni 11 idan aka kwatanta da hudun da Taylor ya samu.     

Ya biyo baya a shekarar 1966 ta hanyar jagorantar AFL da matsakaicin yadi 22.4 a kowace liyafa, inda ya zo na biyu a jimillar yadi masu karɓa (1,297), da kuma samun mafi tsawon lokacin karɓar ƙwallo a kakar wasa (yadi 89).   A ƙarshen kakar wasa, Associated Press (AP), Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) da United Press International (UPI) sun zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗan wasa na farko a All-AFL, kuma an zaɓe shi a ƙungiyar AFL All-Star ta 1966. 

A shekarar 1967, Taylor ya yi daidai da wanda ya fi kowa samun nasara a gasar AFL a gasar inda ya samu maki 11, ya yi kunnen doki a matsayi na hudu a gasar (59), kuma ya kasance na hudu a gasar (958).  Bayan hadewar AFL-NFL, ya jagoranci NFL wajen samun maki a 1971 da maki 1,110.  Ya shiga gasar AFC-NFC Pro Bowl sau biyu kuma a 1971 AP, NEA, Pro Football Writers Association (PFWA) da Pro Football Weekly sun nada shi Consensus All-Pro .  PFWA ta kuma nada shi a matsayin wanda ya fi kowa samun nasara a gasar All-Pro a kakar wasa ta 1972, kuma UPI ta nada shi a matsayin wanda ya fi kowa samun nasara a gasar All-Conference. 

Ya zuwa watan Disamba na 2024, Taylor yana cikin jerin 'yan wasan Chiefs da suka fi kowa samun nasara a gasar (6th, 410), masu samun yadi (3rd, 7,306), masu samun nasara (3rd, 57), masu samun nasara a kowane wasa (2nd, 17.6)  da kuma wasannin yadi 100 (20). &#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup> Shi ma ƙwararren mai tsaron baya ne a ƙasa. 

Bayan faɗa tsakanin 'yan wasan da suka yi da 'yan wasan da suka yi benchi, an soke hukuncin da aka yanke musu, wanda hakan ya soke hukuncin farko a ƙarƙashin dokokin da aka yi amfani da su a wancan lokacin. An tilasta wa Chiefs su yi ƙwallo, kuma Raiders sun daidaita wasan da ƙwallon da George Blanda ya ci a filin wasa da daƙiƙa takwas kafin a buga.   Bugawar Davidson a kan Dawson ba wai kawai ta sa Chiefs su yi nasara ba, har ma ta taimaka wa Oakland ta lashe AFC West da tarihin kakar wasa na 8-4-2, yayin da Kansas City mai kare kambun duniya ta kare da 7-5-2 kuma ta fita daga gasar share fagen shiga gasar .  A kakar wasa ta gaba, an canza dokar ƙwace fanareti na mutum zuwa fanareti daban-daban yayin wasan, da kuma fanareti bayan wasan. Sauya dokar ya faru ne saboda wannan wasan. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B; **' &#x5D;