Probably The Greatest Athlete You've NEVER Heard Of

[DHogan]

I'm originally from Worcester Mass. I have heard of Taylor. A bicycle shop in Worcester had a picture of Major Taylor hanging on their wall. There's a monument of Taylor outside of the Worcester library downtown.

[Michael B]

I was wondering why I did not know about it as I passed by the library every day to work out at the YWCA next door, which is much nicer than the YMCA in town. The statue was erected 4 years after I moved away. The sculptor also did the Nolan Ryan and Tom Vandergriff statues at Rangers Park. The other side is a slightly small plaque showing 3 cyclists racing. The stonework on the ground below it is designed to look like a bicycle wheel. It is at the corner of Salem Street and Library Lane off of Franklin Street near Worcester City Hall.