Cyclone Taylor, the Tara tornado

July 10, 2025 @ 7:10 amNews, Walkerton Herald-Times

Cyclone Taylor played with the Vancouver Millionaires from 1912 until he retired in 1921. (Contributed photo)

Born in Tara on June 24, 1884, Frederick Wellington “Cyclone” Taylor, as a five-year-old, used to spend winter evenings watching the local barber, Jack Riggs, practicing his speed skating at the town pond. Riggs was known in the community for his speed skating. Intrigued, little Fred Taylor borrowed his sister Harriet’s bob skates without her…

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Sylvia Hasbury