JOHN LESLIE TAYLOR
Class 1962
Company I-2
Home Town – BURAW, NORTH CAROLINA
High School – BURGAW HIGH SCHOOL
Prior College – NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE RALEIGH, N. C.
Prior Military Service – ENLISTED ARMY RESERVIST, TWO YEARS
Date of Entry to Academy – 1 JULY 1958
Date of Graduation – 6 JUNE 1962
Age at Graduation – 23
Cullum Number – 24293
Cadet Rank & Military Position
- CADET SERGEANT
- ACTING PLATOON SERGEANT
Height – 71″
Weight – 165 LBS.
Teams
- ARMY RUGBY TEAM/CLUB
- FOUNDER AND CLUB PRESIDENT, 1961-1962
Officer Representative
- CPT CARNES, ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, USMA: OIC
Team Captain
- BILL SCHERR
Positions Played
- SCRUM LOCK, C, OR D SIDE AND TEAM MANAGER
Team Recognition
- Cow Year
JOINED THE MANHATTAN RUGBY LEAGUE BY INVITATION.
THE FIRST ARMY RUGBY SET THE BEST WINNING TRADITION OF ANY SPORT IN THE HISTORY OF WEST POINT. THUS, GIVING RUGBY A PERMANENT PLACE AT WEST POINT. - Firstie Year
WON THE MATCH WITH THE NATION’S BEST TEAM, THE MANHATTAN RUGBY TEAM, FOLLOWING GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR’S “DUTY. HONOR. COUNTRY.” SPEECH ON 12 MAY 1962.
Academy Recognition
- THE RUGBY SPORTS COMPLEX, THE FOUNDING SPONSORS OF WHICH ARE MR AND MRS. LEE ANDERSON, USMA CLASS OF 1961, IS CERTAINLY AN OUTSTANDING TRIBUTE TO THE RECOGNITION OF RUGBY AT THE USMA.
- TEAM HISTORY WRITTEN IN THE “1962 POINTER” AND IN THE “ASSEMBLY”,
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER, 2003 ISSUE, “EARLY BEGINNINGS” BY RIC CESPED.
Class Standing
LOWER 200 0F 601 GRADUATES: AFFECTIONATELY “A GOAT”.
