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Jack Taylor (referee)

Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (died 2012)

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Born
April 21, 1930
Died
July 27, 2012
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1930

About Jack Taylor (referee)

John Keith Taylor was an English football referee. Later described by the Football League as "perhaps the finest English referee of all time", Taylor was famous for officiating in the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final during which he awarded two penalties in the first 30 minutes. The first of these penalties, awarded after just a minute of play, was the first penalty kick awarded in a World Cup final. Taylor qualified as a class 3 referee, and refereed his first game when aged 17. Aged 25, he became the youngest linesman on the Football League's list, running the line in a Third Division South match between Coventry City and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in August 1955. Taylor first refereed at the FIFA World Cup in 1970, taking charge of a group game between Italy and Sweden.

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Jack Taylor (referee) timeline

  1. Aged 25, he became the youngest linesman on the Football League's list, running the line in a Third Division South match between Coventry City and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in August 1955.
  2. Taylor first refereed at the FIFA World Cup in 1970, taking charge of a group game between Italy and Sweden.
  3. Later described by the Football League as "perhaps the finest English referee of all time", Taylor was famous for officiating in the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final during which he awarded two penalties in the first 30 minutes.

The world when Jack Taylor (referee) was born

Jack Taylor (referee) was born in 1930. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1930

  • #1 song"Georgia on My Mind" – Hoagy Carmichael
  • Top movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
  • Best-selling bookCimarron – Edna Ferber

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf
  • Top headlineFirst FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay
  • Technology milestonePlanet Pluto discovered
  • Defining fadMiniature golf craze
  • Notable inventionScotch tape
  • World population2.07 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championPhiladelphia Athletics (World Series)
  • U.S. population123.2M

1930 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jack Taylor (referee)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19302026
Gas$0.20$3.45/gal
Average home$6,000$435,000
Average income$3,500$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population123.2M341 million

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