# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:11:38.265Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-taylor"
name: "Bob Taylor"
slug: "bob-taylor"
description: "Robert William Taylor MBE is an English former cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first-class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his entire career is the most of any wicket-keeper in first-class history. He is considered one of the world's most accomplished wicket-keepers. He made his first-class debut for Minor Counties against South Africa in 1960, having made his Staffordshire debut in 1958. He became Derbyshire's first choice wicket-keeper when George Dawkes sustained a career-ending injury. His final First Class appearance was at the Scarborough Festival in 1988. He remained first choice until his retirement except for a short period in 1964 when Laurie Johnson was tried as a batsman-wicketkeeper. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup."
tagline: "Cricket player of England. (born 1941)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
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birthDate: "1941-07-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump