Ron Taylor
Ron Taylor was an outstanding all-around athlete who also was an outstanding high school coach.
At Greenville High School, from where he graduated in 1965, Taylor competed in wrestling, football and track.
n wrestling, he was a Section 3 and District 10 champion his senior year (20-2 record) after being section runner-up as a junior (16-1).
He was a takedown machine, giving up only one takedown his junior year and none his senior year. He was a two-time Greenville Christmas Tournament champ.
In football he was a three-year letterman and was second in the county scoring. A senior co-captain, he was a starter on defense his last three years for the Trojans. He was a two-year letter winner in track.
He wrestled and played football in college at Wisconsin State. He finished second in the conference at 160 pounds.
In football, he was second in the conference in punt and kickoff returns.
He played softball for Duffy's Tavern out of Greenville, state runners-up for two straight years.
Ron had a superb coaching career in wrestling at Reynolds (1981-82), Kennedy Christian (1982-86) and Sharon (1986-98). He was named co-coach of the year in 1986.