Dick Tayler

New Zealand long-distance runner

Dick Tayler

MNZM

Tayler in 2014

Personal information

Birth name

Richard John Tayler

Born

(1948-08-12) 12 August 1948 (age 75)
Timaru, New Zealand

Sport

Country

New Zealand

Sport

Athletics

Achievements and titles

National finals

1500 m champion (1970)
10,000 m champion (1974)
Cross country champion (1973)
15 km road champion (1971)^[1]

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
	1974 Christchurch	10,000 m

Richard John Tayler MNZM (born 12 August 1948) is a former New Zealand runner who mostly competed in distances from 1500 m to 10,000 m.

Tayler was born in Timaru,^[2] and attended Timaru Boys' High, the same school as Jack Lovelock.^[3] He is best known for winning the 10,000 metres at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, in a time of 27:46.4, breaking the New Zealand record.

Tayler competed at the 1970 and 1974 Commonwealth Games, as well as the 1972 Summer Olympics.

He finished 12th at the 1st IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Waregem, Belgium, 1973.

Arthritis cut short Tayler's running career.

In the 2014 New Year Honours, Tayler was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to athletics.^[4]

References

^ Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^ New Zealand Olympic Committee. "Dick Tayler". Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "Dick Tayler says South Canterbury honour ranks with NZ Sportsman of Year award". 21 May 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "New Year honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

External links

Richard Tayler at World Athletics
Dick Tayler at the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
Dick Tayler at Olympedia
Richard John Tayler at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

Awards
Preceded by Jack Foster	Lonsdale Cup of the New Zealand Olympic Committee 1974	Succeeded by John Walker

Commonwealth Games champions in men's 10,000 metres

6 miles
(1930–1966)

1930: Billy Savidan (NZL)
1934: Arthur Penny (ENG)
1938: Cecil Matthews (NZL)
1950: Harold Nelson (NZL)
1954: Peter Driver (ENG)
1958: Dave Power (AUS)
1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN)
1966: Naftali Temu (KEN)

10000 metres
(1970–present)

v t e New Zealand national champions in men's 1500 m
Note: 1 mile or 1,609 metres before 1970
1 mile	1888: J.F. Field 1889: F. Ellis 1890: P. Morrison 1891: D. Wood 1892: Bill Burk 1893: Charles Gilbert Rees 1894: Charlton Morpeth 1895: D. Davis 1896: W.F. Bennett 1897: J. McKean 1898–1899: Sam Pentecost 1900: W.F. Simpson 1901: Sam Pentecost 1902–1903: W.F. Simpson 1904: W.H. Pollock 1905–1907: Hector Burk 1908: Archer Burge 1909: E.J. Steele 1910–1912: George Hill 1913–1914: Arthur Dormer 1915: James Beatson 1916–1919: not held 1920: Arthur Dormer 1921–1922: Reg Webber 1923: Ken Griffin 1924: Bert Dufresne 1925–1926: Randolph Rose 1927–1929: Billy Savidan 1930: Don Evans 1931–1932: Gordon Bayne 1933: Jim Barnes 1934: Lachie McLachlan 1935: Edgar Forne 1936: Pat Boot 1937: Bill Pullar 1938: Spencer Wade 1939–1940: Bill Pullar 1941–1944: not held 1945: Alan Geddes 1946: Jim Grierson 1947: Harold Nelson 1948: Jack Sinclair 1949: Neil Bates 1950: Jack Sinclair 1951–1952: Maurice Marshall 1953: James Parcell 1954–1957: Murray Halberg 1958: Bill Baillie 1959: Peter Snell 1960: Murray Halberg 1961: Bill Baillie 1962–1966: John Davies 1967: Bruce Burns 1968: David Sirl 1969: Dick Quax
1500 m	1970: Dick Tayler 1971: Kevin Ross 1972–1973: Tony Polhill 1974: John Walker 1975–1976: Stuart Melville 1977: Tom Birnie 1978: Rod Dixon 1979–1983: John Walker 1984: Peter O'Donoghue 1985: Tony Rogers 1986: John Walker 1987: Peter O'Donoghue 1988: Andrew Campbell 1989: Phil Clode 1990: Peter O'Donoghue 1991: Martin Enholm (SWE) 1992–1993: Robbie Johnston 1994: Richard Potts 1995: Mark Tonks 1996: Alan Bunce 1997–1998: Hamish Christensen 1999: Phil Spratley 2000: Adrian Blincoe 2001: Hamish Christensen 2002: Ben Ruthe 2003–2005: Paul Hamblyn 2006: Nick Willis 2007: Richard Olsen 2008: Nick Willis 2009: Gareth Hyett 2010–2011: Hamish Carson 2012: Julian Matthews 2013–2014: Hamish Carson 2015: Nick Willis 2016: Hamish Carson 2017: Eric Speakman 2018: Hamish Carson 2019: Sam Tanner 2020: Nick Willis 2021: Julian Oakley 2022–2024: Sam Tanner

v t e New Zealand national champions in men's 10,000 m
Note: 6 miles before 1970
6 miles	1948: Harold Nelson 1949: W.J. Wells 1950: Noel Taylor 1951: Colin Lousich 1952: Noel Taylor 1953–1954: Lawrence King 1955: Barry Magee 1956: Bill Rodger 1957–1958: Barry Magee 1959–1960: Bill Baillie 1961–1962: Barry Magee 1963–1967: Bill Baillie 1968: Evan Maguire 1969: Mike Ryan
10,000 m	1970: Eddie Gray 1971: Mike Ryan 1972: Gavin Thorley 1973: Kevin Ryan 1974: Dick Tayler 1975: Steve Denholm 1976: Paul Ballinger 1977: Bryan Rose 1978: Alan Thurlow 1979: Euan Robertson 1980: Kevin Ryan 1981: Rod Dixon 1982: Tom Birnie 1983: Graeme Holden 1984–1985: Yutaka Kanai (JPN) 1986: Kerry Rodger 1987: Ken Moloney 1988: Tom Birnie 1989: David Rush 1990: Kerry Rodger 1991: David Rush 1992: Peter Renner 1993: Paul Smith 1994: Jeff Spillane 1995: Paul Smith 1996: Allan Carman 1997–1998: Robbie Johnston 1999–2000: Richard Potts 2001: John Henwood 2002: Sisay Bezabeh (AUS) 2003: Lee Troop (AUS) 2004: Michael Aish 2005: Russell Dessaix-Chin (AUS) 2006: Brett Cartwright (AUS) 2007: Scott Winton 2008: Phil Costley 2009: Rowan Hooper 2010: Rees Buck 2011–2012: Stephen Lett 2013: Caden Shields 2014–2017: Aaron Pulford 2018: Craig Lautenslager 2019: Caden Shields 2020: Cameron Graves 2021: not held

v t e US National Championship winners in men's indoor 3000 meters
1932–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1899–1901: Alec Grant 1902: not held 1903: Alec Grant 1904–7: George Bonhag 1908–9: Mike Driscoll 1910: Joseph Monument 1911: George Bonhag 1912: not held 1913: Wm. Kramer 1914: Harry Smith 1915: Mike Devaney 1916: Joie Ray 1917: John Ryan (IRL) 1918: Ed Garvey 1919: Gordon Nightingale 1920: Harry Helm 1921: Max Bohland 1922: John Romig 1923–4: Joie Ray 1925: Paavo Nurmi * (2) Harold Kennedy 1926–7: Bill Goodwin 1928: Leo Lermond 1929: Edvin Wide 1930: Joe McCluskey 1931: Leo Lermond 1932–3: George Lermond 1934–5: John Follows 1936–7: Norm Bright 1938–9: Don Lash 1940–3: Greg Rice 1944: Ollie Hunter 1945–6: Forrest Efaw 1947–8: Curt Stone 1949: Gaston Reiff (BEL) * (3) Fred Wilt 1950–1: Curt Stone 1952–6: Horace Ashenfelter 1957: John Macy 1958: Veliša Mugoša (YUG) * (2) John Macy 1959: Bill Dellinger 1960: Al Lawrence (AUS) 1961: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * (3) John Macy 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * (4) Jerry Nourse 1963: Michel Bernard (FRA) * (2) Bob Schul 1964: Ron Clarke (AUS) * (2) Pete McArdle 1965: Billy Mills 1966: Lajos Mescer (HUN) * (2) Tracy Smith 1967: Tracy Smith 1968–9: George Young 1970: Art DuLong 1971: Frank Shorter 1972: Emiel Puttemans (BEL) * (2) Leonard Hilton 1973: Tracy Smith 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL) * (2) Frank Shorter 1975: Miruts Yifter (ETH) * (3) Pat Mandera 1976–8: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN) 1979: Marty Liquori
1981–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) 1982: Paul Cummings 1983–7: Doug Padilla 1988: Jim Spivey 1989: Steve Scott 1990: Doug Padilla 1991: Terry Brahm 1992: Doug Padilla
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Joe Falcon 1994: Moses Kiptanui (KEN) * (2) Matt Giusto 1995: Bob Kennedy 1996: Khalid Kairouani (MAR) * (2) Bob Kennedy 1997: Todd Williams 1998: Dan Browne 1999: Adam Goucher 2000: Ray Appenheimer 2001–2: Tim Broe 2003–5: Jonathon Riley 2006: Adam Goucher 2007–8: Matt Tegenkamp 2009: David Torrence 2010–2: Bernard Lagat 2013: Will Leer 2014: Bernard Lagat 2015–6: Ryan Hill 2017–8: Paul Chelimo 2019: Drew Hunter 2020: Paul Chelimo
Notes	*Distances have varied as follows: 2 Miles (1899–1931), 5000 meters (1933–1939), 3 Miles 1932, (1940–1986) and odd numbered years since 2015, and 3000 meters (1987–2014) and even numbered years since 2014

v t e 1970 New Zealand British Commonwealth Games team
Athletics	Joe Antunovich Diane Charteris Jack Foster Pamela Hendren Penny Hunt Roger Johnson Jeff Julian Roger Main Sally Mene Les Mills Warwick Nicholl Dave Norris Sylvia Potts Barbara Poulsen Dick Quax Val Robinson Anne Smith Robin Tait Dick Tayler Roy Williams
Badminton	John Compton Alison Glenie Robin Glenie Richard Purser
Boxing	Ali Afakasi Brian Kendall
Cycling	Bryce Beeston Bruce Biddle Harry Kent Bryce Preston Blair Stockwell Max Vertongen
Diving	Cyril Buscke Rebecca Ewert Mark Gazley
Fencing	Arthur Gatland Michael Henderson Gaye McDermit Richard Peterson Brian Pickworth Rosemary Sharfe Helen Whitcher
Lawn bowls	Gordon Jolly Percy Jones Bob McDonald Robbie Robson Phil Skoglund
Swimming	Barnett Bond Mike Borrie Felicity Crawford Ian Curry Susan Hunter Glenda Stirling Mark Treffers Cathy Whiting Beth Williams Judy Wright
Weightlifting	John Bolton Bruce Cameron Tony Ebert John Sherley
Wrestling	David Aspin Warren Hubber Gordon Mackay Tom Milat
Team manager: Joe McManemin

v t e 1972 New Zealand Olympic team
Archery	Robin Sampson
Athletics	Laurie D'Arcy Rod Dixon Jack Foster Sue Haden Penny Hunt Roger Johnson Terry Manners Brenda Matthews Dave McKenzie Les Mills Tony Polhill Dick Quax Bevan Smith Robin Tait Dick Tayler Gavin Thorley
Boxing	Jeff Rackley Pat Ryan
Canoeing	Donald Cooper Tom Dooney
Cycling	Bruce Biddle Paul Brydon John Dean Vern Hanaray Harry Kent Neil Lyster Robert Oliver Blair Stockwell
Gymnastics	Diane Foote Terry Sale
Field hockey	Jeff Archibald Arthur Borren Jan Borren John Christensen Greg Dayman Chris Ineson Ross McPherson Barry Maister Selwyn Maister Trevor Manning Arthur Parkin Ramesh Patel Alan Patterson Kevin Rigby Ted Salmon Warwick Wright
Judo	Rick Littlewood
Rowing	John Clark Trevor Coker Warren Cole Ross Collinge Simon Dickie Joe Earl John Hunter Tony Hurt Dick Joyce Peter Lindsay David Lindstrom Noel Mills Chris Nilsson Gary Robertson Dudley Storey Dick Tonks Wybo Veldman Murray Watkinson Lindsay Wilson
Sailing	Fraser Beer Jock Bilger Noel Everett Con Linton Steve Marten Murray Ross Jack Scholes Bret de Thier Ron Watson
Shooting	Ian Ballinger Graeme McIntyre Bruce McMillan Mike Watt
Swimming	Heather Coombridge Colin Herring Susan Hunter John McConnochie Jaynie Parkhouse Mark Treffers
Weightlifting	John Bolton Tony Ebert Brian Marsden
Wrestling	David Aspin
Chef de Mission: Joe McManemin

v t e 1974 New Zealand British Commonwealth Games team
Athletics	Grant Anderson Wendy Brown Susan Burnside Murray Cheater Trevor Cochrane Tuariki Delamere Rod Dixon Richard Endean Jack Foster Anne Garrett Alan Gilmour Sue Gukilau Sue Haden Howard Healey Nathan Healey Pamela Hendren Kerry Hill Penny Hunt Roger Johnson Philip Kear Jan Lothian Roger Main Terry Manners Brenda Matthews Sandra McGookin Rendell McIntosh Stuart Melville Mene Mene Sally Mene Michelle Miles Colleen Mills Donna Mills Phillip Mills Lorraine Moller Warwick Nicholl Dave Norris Kathy Otto Tony Polhill Sylvia Potts Barbara Poulsen Ross Pownall Euan Robertson Kim Robertson John Robinson Bryan Rose Kevin Ryan Bevan Smith Shirley Somervell Les Stevenson Robin Tait Dick Tayler Kevin Taylor Lorraine Tong Peter Tracy John Walker Philip Watson Geoffrey Wood Gail Wooten Valerie Young
Badminton	Alison Branfield Robin Denton Frances Erceg Warren Johns Ross Livingston Bryan Purser Richard Purser Glenys Waller Gaynor Weatherley
Boxing	Fisi Brown William Byrne Robert Colley David Jackson Ronald Jackson Warren Karaitiana Les Rackley Lance Revill Derek Wilson
Cycling	Garry Bell Paul Brydon John Dean Vern Hanaray Philip Harland René Heyde Paul Medhurst Russell Nant Bryce Preston Jacob Schriek Blair Stockwell
Diving	Cyril Buscke Karen Conway Rebecca Ewert Margaret Lay
Lawn bowls	David Baldwin Kerry Clark Gordon Jolly Percy Jones Bob McDonald Phil Skoglund Jack Somerville
Shooting	Bruce Anderson Ian Ballinger Frank Godfrey Maurie Gordon John Howat James Irvine Bruce Lassen James McKenzie Bruce McMillan Jack Scott
Swimming	Karol Albury Allison Calder John Coutts Ashley Fogel Susan Hunter Michael Johnston Suzanne Kennedy Debbie Ledgerwood Brent Lewis Jane Lowe Brett Naylor Jaynie Parkhouse Monique Rodahl Philip Thorogood Michael Toomey Mark Treffers
Weightlifting	Rory Barrett John Bolton Peter Brosnan Bruce Cameron Brian Duffy Tony Ebert Brian Marsden Graham May Phillip Sue
Wrestling	David Aspin Paul Dalley James Downey Gary Knight Gordon Mackay Bruce McMahon Barry Oldridge Andy Roche
Team manager: Bill Holley