| Cyclone Taylor MBE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hockey Hall of Fame, 1947 | |||
 Taylor during his time with the Portage Lakes Hockey Club in 1905 | |||
| Born |
June 23, 1884 Tara, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
June 9, 1979 (aged 94) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Rover / Cover-point | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Portage Lakes Hockey Club Ottawa Hockey Club Pittsburgh Athletic Club Renfrew Creamery Kings Vancouver Millionaires Vancouver Maroons | ||
| Playing career | 1906–1922 | ||
Frederick Wellington "Cyclone" Taylor MBE (June 23, 1884 – June 9, 1979) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and civil servant. A cover-point and rover, he played professionally from 1906 to 1922, and is acknowledged as one of the first stars of the professional era of hockey. Taylor was recognized as one of the fastest skaters and most prolific scorers, winning five scoring championships in the PCHA. He won the Stanley Cup twice, with Ottawa in 1909 and Vancouver in 1915, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947.
Born and raised in Southern Ontario, Taylor moved to Manitoba in 1906 to continue his hockey career. He quickly departed to play in Houghton, Michigan, and spent two years in the International Hockey League, the first openly professional hockey league in the world. He returned to Canada in 1907 and joined the Ottawa Senators, spending two seasons with the team. During those years, Taylor was often spoken of in the same stature as baseball's Ty Cobb, and in 1909, when Taylor signed with the Renfrew Creamery Kings, the pair were the highest paid athletes in their respective sports. Taylor moved to Vancouver in 1912 to play for the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), where he played for the remainder of his career until 1922. In the 1918 Stanley Cup Finals, Taylor scored 9 goals in the series, setting an NHL-era Stanley Cup Finals record that remains unbroken.
Upon moving to Ottawa in 1907, Taylor was given a position within the federal Interior Department as an immigration clerk and remained an immigration official for the next several decades. In 1914, Taylor was the first Canadian official to board the Komagata Maru, which was involved in a major incident relating to Canadian immigration. Taylor ultimately became the Commissioner of Immigration for British Columbia and the Yukon, the highest position in the region.
In 1946, he was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services as an immigration officer, and he retired in 1950.