Gordon Alexander Taylor OBE (born 28 December 1944) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger.
[3] In March 2019 it was reported that he was to stand aside upon completion of a "full and open review" into the PFA's finances (presented at its 2019 AGM) along with its entire management committee and chairman Ben Purkiss.
[8] On the 1 June 2021, Taylor was formally replaced as CEO, retaining a temporary transitional advisory role to his successor.
He joined Blackburn Rovers in 1976 and spent the 1977 close season playing in the North American Soccer League for the Vancouver Whitecaps.
[12][13] His mobile phone messages were allegedly hacked by a private investigator employed by the News of the World newspaper.