Charles Taylor (third ¼ 1921[1] – November 2013) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s.

[2] Charlie Taylor's birth was registered in York, he served in the Royal Navy on destroyers during the Arctic convoys of World War II, and in the English Channel and Mediterranean until 1946.

He spent his last 8-years in a care home in Norton-on-Derwent, York, North Yorkshire, England, where he died from dementia.

[3] Taylor was inducted into the York Rugby League Hall of Fame in 2014, alongside Geoff Hunter, Kevin Harkin, Graham Steadman and Rich Hayes.

[5] They were married at Selby Abbey on Saturday 25 October 1941 and he played rugby league for York that afternoon.