Jay Taylor (basketball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Deceased NBA basketball player
Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1967
Place of Birth: Aurora, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 04-Jul-1998
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Jay Taylor (basketball)
- Cornellias F.
- "Jay" Taylor, Jr.
- (October 3, 1967 – July 4, 1998) was an American professional basketball player. Taylor, a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) guard from East Aurora High School in Aurora, Illinois, played college basketball at Eastern Illinois.
- He finished his career with 1,926 points and graduated as EIU's all-time leading scorer (since passed by Henry Domercant).
- In his senior year, he averaged 23.8 points per game and was named the 1989 The Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year.Following his college career, Taylor was not drafted in the 1989 NBA Draft.
- However, he made the New Jersey Nets' roster and stuck with the team until December.
- He finished the season with the Wichita Falls Texans of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA).
- Taylor played for four more years in the CBA - with the Grand Rapids Hoops, Rochester Renegade, Oklahoma City Cavalry and Rockford Lightning.Taylor died in a house fire on July 4, 1998.
- He was inducted into the Eastern Illinois University athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.
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