Charley Taylor

Charley Taylor

Taylor in 2019
No. 42
Position:	Wide receiver, Halfback
Personal information
Born:	(1941-09-28)September 28, 1941 Grand Prairie, Texas, U.S.
Died:	February 19, 2022(2022-02-19) (aged 80) Ashburn, Virginia, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:	Dalworth (Grand Prairie, Texas)
College:	Arizona State
NFL draft:	1964 / round: 1 / pick: 3
AFL draft:	1964 / round: 2 / pick: 9
Career history
As a player:
Washington Redskins (1964–1975, 1977)
As a coach:
Washington Redskins (1981–1993) Wide receivers coach
Career highlights and awards
3× Super Bowl champion (XVII, XXII, XXVI) First-team All-Pro (1967) 5× Second-team All-Pro (1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974) 8× Pro Bowl (1964–1967, 1972–1975) NFL Rookie of the Year (1964) 2× NFL receptions leader (1966, 1967) NFL 1960s All-Decade Team 80 Greatest Redskins Washington Commanders Ring of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Receptions: 649 Receiving yards: 9,110 Yards per reception: 14.0 Receiving touchdowns: 79 Rushing yards: 1,488 Rushing touchdowns: 11 Stats at Pro Football Reference
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Charles Robert Taylor (September 28, 1941 – February 19, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for 13 seasons with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils, he was selected by Washington in the first round of the 1964 NFL draft. With Taylor, the Redskins made the playoffs five times (1971–1974, 1976) and reached the Super Bowl once (VII), after the 1972 season.^[1] A six-time All-Pro and eight-time Pro Bowl selection, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984.