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Happy Birthday, Jim Taylor
Posted on 9/20/23 at 7:17 am
Posted on 9/20/23 at 7:17 am
Born September 20, 1935. RIP.
This post was edited on 9/20/23 at 7:21 am
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Posted on 9/20/23 at 7:38 am to timlan2057
My dad’s favorite!
Posted on 9/20/23 at 7:47 am to timlan2057
I used to run a restaurant he and his wife came into a lot. Great people. Mr. Jim was very kind to anyone that came up to him and his wife is very sweet too.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 8:23 am to timlan2057
Got his autograph, my dad's favorite player. Tough guy.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 8:26 am to timlan2057
He was on my flight up to ATL, he and his wife were heading to Canton, for the HOF ceremonies. We talked all the way up.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 9:51 am to timlan2057
Very nice man, and one of greatest and toughest runners in NFL history
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:01 am to timlan2057
A Tiger and a Saint.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:24 am to timlan2057
quote:By pure chance I met him when we were both shipping something at the UPS Store on Highland Road near Lee Drive.
Jim Taylor
We chatted for about 10 minutes. He went to introduce himself and I told him there was no need because he was one of my all-time favorite LSU and Green Bay Packer players. He seemed to appreciate the sentiment.
He could not have been nicer. He must have been in his late 70's then and he still looked like he could put a helmet on and line up and run a few plays.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 11:18 am to timlan2057
Jim Taylor was not just an outstanding LSU Tiger, but also a tremendous Green Bay running back.
A physical aggressive player on every level.
A physical aggressive player on every level.
This post was edited on 9/20/23 at 11:19 am
Posted on 9/20/23 at 11:50 am to timlan2057
When I was maybe 12 years old, Jimmy Taylor was speaking at some function in my hometown. The man who had organized it was a good friend of ours, so he invited me over to meet Mr. Taylor.
He could not have been nicer. In retrospect, I realize I was peppering him with questions about LSU and the Packers, but he was so generous with his answers and his time. He even handed me his Super Bowl ring to try on. It was so big, it fit on my thumb. Such a nice man.
He could not have been nicer. In retrospect, I realize I was peppering him with questions about LSU and the Packers, but he was so generous with his answers and his time. He even handed me his Super Bowl ring to try on. It was so big, it fit on my thumb. Such a nice man.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 12:11 pm to timlan2057
Off season, Jimmy Taylor lived on Baird Dr. in middle-class Magnolia Woods in BR (how times have changed!). He would answer the door to us kids, handing out autographed photos. He was why I was a Packers fan before the Saints were born; of course he was on the first 1967 Saints team. Moved about a mile away to Walden neighborhood and was frequent walker around the neighborhood, super friendly great ambassador of our city.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 12:25 pm to timlan2057
My dad played with him at Lsu , he said he was an awesome athlete and a great person .
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:14 pm to timlan2057
Great Tiger, great pro and a great guy.
When I was growing up, he was good friends with the family who used to live across the street from me. When he would come over for parties, BBQs and crawfish boils, he would let me wear his Super Bowl ring (or did they just call it the World Championship ring back then?). Quite a thrill for a young Tiger fan.
When I was growing up, he was good friends with the family who used to live across the street from me. When he would come over for parties, BBQs and crawfish boils, he would let me wear his Super Bowl ring (or did they just call it the World Championship ring back then?). Quite a thrill for a young Tiger fan.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:33 pm to timlan2057
A few years ago, I was in Dallas restaurant with friends. Roger Stallbach and his wife walked our table. After he was seated he came back to our table and said to me "he had to come back over to the table and get a closer look at me" He thought that I looked like Jimmy Taylor.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 9:02 pm to timlan2057
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Born September 20, 1935. RIP.
I got to know him later in his life and he was indeed a very nice man.
I remember talking to him once about sports in general and as great a football player as he was, if you wanted to see his eyes light up about a sport, get him to talk about his playing HS basketball !
He was quite a player and he loved to talk about it.
A great guy…
Posted on 9/21/23 at 12:43 am to timlan2057
When he came to the Saints in 1967, I had a part job pumping gas at the long gone Exxon station on the southeast corner of Vets and Power blvd.
Filled his car once there and my eyes were so wide with recognition he chuckled and got out of his car to make small talk with me. I recall even then at the end of his career he was a very, very fit human being.
Mr. Taylor was exceptionally nice and gave me a $5 dollar tip, for a high schooler big money in those days. I've obviously never forgotten him and his kindness towards a young kid he'd never seen before or since.
Filled his car once there and my eyes were so wide with recognition he chuckled and got out of his car to make small talk with me. I recall even then at the end of his career he was a very, very fit human being.
Mr. Taylor was exceptionally nice and gave me a $5 dollar tip, for a high schooler big money in those days. I've obviously never forgotten him and his kindness towards a young kid he'd never seen before or since.
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