Jack Taylor
Olympic athlete
1931 – 1955
Who was Jack Taylor?
Jack George Neil Taylor was an American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, as a 21-year-old, he received a bronze medal for his third-place finish in the event final of the men's 100-meter backstroke.
Taylor was born in Akron, Ohio. He attended Ohio State University, where he swam for the Ohio State Buckeyes swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association competition from 1950 to 1952. He later became a naval aviator in the United States Navy; he died practicing aircraft carrier landings near Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba at the age of 24.
He is a member of Ohio State University's sports hall of fame.
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- Born
- Jan 31, 1931
Akron - Also known as
- Jack George Neil Taylor
- Lived in
- Akron
- Died
- May 30, 1955
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
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on July 23, 2013
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