After serving for the army in the Second World War, he moved to Scunthorpe from his Kent home in 1946 to forge a career in journalism.
He became firm friends with many of the Iron players, with Kevin Keegan singling him out for praise in his autobiography.
Taylor would travel to away games on the team coach, and perform a ventriloquist and dummy act with a then teenage Keegan.
Son Graham told the Scunthorpe Telegraph: "When you look back, you realise what part this man played in the development of the community in Scunthorpe.
"In 1950 Scunthorpe became a League club. That was a massive thing for Scunthorpe and I was only six at the time.
"From a family point of view, I look back and I am very confident he played a leading role over so many years in the community of Scunthorpe and, I think, for its benefit."