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Ross Taylor

1902 - 1984

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Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor (born 8 March 1984) is a New Zealand former international cricketer who served as the captain of the New Zealand national team. Batting predominantly at number four, when he announced his retirement from international cricket at the end of 2021 he was the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in Test and One Day International cricket. Taylor was a key member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship, where he scored the winning boundary in the final. He was also a part of the New Zealand squads to finish as runners-up in two Cricket World Cup finals in 2015 and 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ross Taylor is the 1,527th most popular athlete (up from 1,739th in 2024), the 527th most popular biography from Canada (up from 595th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among Athletes

Among athletes, Ross Taylor ranks 1,527 out of 6,025. Before him are Maria Kwaśniewska, Péter Baczakó, Toimi Alatalo, Maurice Schilles, Heinz Fütterer, and Marcel Lambert. After him are Árpád Bárány, George Cornet, Irina Kirichenko, József Kovács, Tore Berger, and Niels Holst-Sørensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Ross Taylor ranks 286. Before him are Guillermo Riveros, Ľudovít Fulla, Frederick Sheffield, Skip James, Barton MacLane, and Leonid Trauberg. After him are Koloman Sokol, Brian Aherne, Moe Berg, Fred Tootell, Pua Kealoha, and Leo Losert. Among people deceased in 1984, Ross Taylor ranks 218. Before him are Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Pentti Hämäläinen, Johnnie Parsons, Luke Kelly, Frank Fisher, and Puck van Heel. After him are Bernard Lonergan, Gregor Hradetzky, Henry Wilcoxon, Shelly Manne, Hans Jacobson, and Héctor Hernández.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ross Taylor ranks 527 out of 1,622. Before him are Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975), Bernie Shaw (1956), Alexis Smith (1921), William Diller Matthew (1871), Gaétan Boucher (1958), and David Furnish (1962). After him are Lucile Wheeler (1935), Bernard Lonergan (1904), Jack Pickford (1896), Val Venis (1971), Alice Eastwood (1859), and Dorothy Brookshaw (1912).

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Among Athletes In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Ross Taylor ranks 24. Before him are Kenneth Lane (1923), Jack Cameron (1900), John Emery (1932), Frank Fisher (1901), Hilda Strike (1910), and Robert Benson (1894). After him are Dorothy Brookshaw (1912), Romeo Rivers (1907), Edward Archibald (1884), Archibald MacKinnon (1937), Frank Dixon (1878), and Francisco Fernández (null).

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