Hall of Fame
BOB "BIG MOON" TAYLOR ('55) was a four-year standout track & field performer from 1951-55. As a freshman, he competed solely in track & field for coach Fred Tootell. After notching a second-place finish in the hammer throw at the Yankee Conference Championship as a freshman, he won the event as a sophomore and again as a junior. In addition, he was the starting offensive tackle on the football team, however he did not play as a senior. In 1955, Taylor proved himself one of the top hammer throwers in the country when he set a Yankee Conference record with a throw of 172-2.00, topping the existing mark by more than 12 feet. Taylor followed that performance by winning the event and setting a new collegiate record at the prestigious Penn Relays. He was an Olympic Trials Qualifier in 1956 and also won the Silver Medal at the Armed Forces All-Service Meet and a Gold Medal in the First Army Track & Field Meet. After leaving the military, Taylor spent the next 42 years as both a physical education and biological sciences teacher. He was also a legendary football coach at Warwick Veterans Memorial High, Bishop Hendricken High and Eats Providence High. He was inducted into the R.I. Football Coaches Hall of Fame and the Providence Grid Iron Club Hall of Fame.
