Moving from Rangers to Bradford City in September 1910, Taylor signed for Burnley in November 1911.
[7][8] He only featured for Celtic in five league matches but could be considered to have played an important part in their 1918–19 Scottish Football League title win, as in his debut on 1 January 1919 the Hoops held his old club Rangers to a 1–1 draw at Ibrox thanks to what was described in the press as "magnificent rearguard tactics",[9] going on to win the championship from the same rivals by one point.
At the end of that season, he suffered from serious heart trouble which put his career and health at risk,[10] but was later able to continue with Burnley.
He played in two Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trials just prior to the war, but never gained a full cap for Scotland.
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