Frederick Wellington "Cyclone" Taylor - Born June 23, 1884/85 in Tara, Ontario - Died June 9, 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia was a Canadian ice Hockey rover/cover point, referee, coach, general manager, league president and lacrosse forward.

- International Professional Hockey League / IPHL Champion 1906, 1907 with Houghton Portage Lake.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1909 with Ottawa Hockey Club, 1915 with Vancouver Hockey Club / Vancouver Millionaires.
Stanley Cup finalist 1918, 1921.

- Pacific Coast Hockey Association Champion 1915, 1918, 1921 with Vancouver Hockey Club / Vancouver Millionaires.

Taylor played his junior Hockey with the Listowel Hockey Club in Ontario.

Taylor then played just 4 games for Portage Hockey Club in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba before heading south of the Canadian border to play in Houghton, Michigan with the Portage Lakes team in late January, 1906. He would become a star player in the International Professional Hockey League / IPHL, helping the Portage Lake team win the IPHL championship in 1906, then leading the Portage Lake team to another championship in 1907.

Taylor was a IHL First Team All-Star in 1906-07.

The IPHL collapsed after the 1906-07 season, and Taylor got offered a job with the Canadian Government civil service during the summer and he moved to Ottawa, Ontario. Taylor then signed with the Ottawa Hockey Club / Senators, helping them win the 1909 Stanley Cup championship and the 1908-09 Eastern Canada Hockey Association championship.

Taylor, now a star player was offered some serious money to join the Renfrew Hockey Club, also know as the Renfrew Creamery Kings / Renfrew Millionaires. Reports have indicated he was paid as much a $5200 to jump teams and leave the Ottawa team, which he did in late December, 1910.

Legend has it when Taylor returned to Ottawa with the Renfrew Millionaires to play the Senators, he skated backwards through the Ottawa team and scored a goal. Truth is, he didn't score a goal in that game, but did score 3 goals vs Ottawa when they went to Renfrew for a game, and one of those goals came when he was skating backwards in the Ottawa zone and fired in a backhand goal.

Renfrew had hoped to challenge for the Stanley Cup that year, but finished 3rd in league standings and didn't get to challenge. Taylor played another season in Renfrew and again the team finished 3rd.

Renfrew disbanded before the 1911–12 season, with Taylor refusing to report to the Montreal Wanderers after the NHA dispersal draft and would sit out the entire NHA season, instead he refereed in the local semi-professional league.

Taylor would then sign with the Vancouver Hockey Club, then known as the Vancouver Terminals by the local press for the 1912-13 Pacific Coast Hockey Association / PCHA season.

Taylor would never leave Vancouver after that, becoming a Legend there. He thrilled the crowds with his skating
skills. He displayed his love of pond Hockey, of taking
the puck and keeping it away from the competing team.
Sometimes Taylor did it in preference to scoring efforts.
Sometimes he would be target for criticism of his flamboyance and his style of play. Still, Cyclone Taylor was a
star and he was everything that Lester Patrick and Frank
Patrick hoped for their new PCHA league. His every move drew attention and as promoters, they couldn’t asked for better publicity. They had the best player in the world and Taylor was living up to his growing legend.

The Vancouver Hockey Club would be known by the Vancouver Millionaires name to start the 1914-15 PCHA season, finally winning the league championship, and in March 1915 they won the 1st Stanley Cup by a team West of the Rocky Mountains. Cyclone had 7 goals in the 3 game sweep of Ottawa for the championship.

Taylor was a PCHA First Team All-Star in 1912-13, 1913-14, 1914-15, 1917-18, and was the PCHA Scoring Champion 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1917–18.

Taylor was the PCHA League MVP in 1918.

“Cyclone” was recognized in 1946 as a member of the Order of the British Empire.

Frederick (Cyclone) Taylor was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947.

Fred "Cyclone" Taylor was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.

Fred "Cyclone" Taylor was inducted into the British Columbia Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995.

NOTE
Taylor shares the most goals record in a Stanley Cup Final Series with 9 goals in the 1918 Stanley Cup Final (shares record with Babe Dye and Frank Foyston).

Cyclone also scratched his name Fred W Taylor onto the outside of the bowl of the Stanley Cup in 1909.

The British Columbia Provincial Junior B Hockey Championship Trophy - Cyclone Taylor Cup is named in his honour.

On October 9, 1970, Cyclone Taylor dropped the puck in a ceremonial face-off that preceded the Vancouver Canucks inaugural home game in the NHL.

The Cyclone Taylor Trophy is awarded to the Vancouver Canucks season MVP each year.

The Listowel Cyclones are named after hometown boy The Listowel Pistol Fred "Cyclone" Taylor and were founded in 1972.

The Tara-Arran Community Centre Cyclone Taylor Arena is named in his honour.

The Kerrisdale Cyclone Taylor Arena is named in his honour.

Cyclone Taylor Blvd, which has a shape of a early Hockey stick, is the street outside of the home arena of the NHL Ottawa Senators.

OTHER
Taylor was commissioner of immigration for British Columbia and Yukon. 1922 to 1950 and directly involved with the Komagata Maru incident.