August 28, 1968 at Roswell Park Memorial Institute after a years illness. He had played every game in three sports on Amherst teams prior to the onset of a bone disease in his senior year.
(reprinted from Tiger Tracks)
Steve Raikin (Greenfield) (1967)
Tom Taylor was an amazing young man who truly loved our alma mater; a kind, thoughtful, caring and courageous person;
a fabulous athlete on the football, baseball, & basketball teams; a loyal friend to many of his classmates, who universally
admired him and his quiet and genuine dignity ... and a tremendous inspiration to all of us in the Class of '67, and many
others as well. When he left us, too soon and at such a young age, we missed him. We miss him still. May he rest in peace.
Steve Raikin (Greenfield) (1967)
Tom Taylor was an amazing young man who truly loved our alma mater; a kind, thoughtful, caring and courageous person;
a fabulous athlete on the football, baseball, & basketball teams; a loyal friend to many of his classmates, who universally
admired him and his quiet and genuine dignity ... and a tremendous inspiration to all of us in the Class of '67, and many
others as well. When he left us, too soon and at such a young age, we missed him. We miss him still. May he rest in peace.