Whit Taylor an assistant principal and athletic director at a Tennessee high school, is most widely known for his college and professional football

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 careers. He was an all-Southeastern Conference

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 quarterback

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 for the Vanderbilt from 1979–1982, a period which included a trip to the 1982 Hall of Fame Bowl

1982 Hall of Fame Classic Bowl

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. His career at Vanderbilt led in 2003 to his recognition as an SEC Football Legend

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After attempting a career in the National Football League

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, he became a backup quarterback for the Michigan Panthers

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 of the United States Football League

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 and then became quarterback of the Denver Dynamite

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 of the Arena Football League in 1987. In that year he became the first player ever to pass for ten touchdowns in any professional game of American football

American football

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, a record which stood for over a decade.

After football

He worked as a high school football

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 coach

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 and teacher in the Middle Tennessee

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 area at Shelbyville

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's Central High School, his high school

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 alma mater

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In 2006, he left coaching to go into educational administration

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. He served as the Harris Middle School Assistant Principal for a few years. He is currently Assistant Principal and athletic director of Shelbyville Central High School.

External links

• "Taylor remembers the last Vandy bowl team" from collegefootball.rivals.com
• AFL stats from arenafan.com