Ted Taylor
Ted Taylor
Theoretical physicist who designed nuclear weapons as part of Project Orion. He helped design the Super Oralloy Bomb, which at the time was the largest pure fission bomb ever.
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth11 July 1925
bigger good lovely race rather running seven three
It would have been lovely to have two or three more runners, obviously, but we'd rather have a good race with seven than not such a good race with a bigger field,
compared help knew load looking people piece rather small
It's a small piece compared to what people are looking at down south. If I knew something I could do to go load up and help people, I'd rather be doing that than practicing.
knew teams
I knew it was going to be a one-goal game. These teams are that close.
fair kids mental mostly open running stuff
It was mostly just mental stuff a little running. We've had a pretty fair turnout of kids that can get here. We're just kind of running an open group. We're not doing anything officially.
came hard played whipped
They came over here and played hard and whipped us. They wanted it a lot more than we did.
against good scoring
And you just can't (commit turnovers) against a good opponent. Scoring opportunities you've got to get them.
commend either fortunate gone tough
We were fortunate to come out on top; it could have gone either way. It is tough to come to Meridian and win. I just have to commend our kids, especially for their second-half effort.
coaching escort guess hall tickled year
(Rosetta) started the same year at the Tribune as I did coaching in 1964. ... Rosetta is the one that called me. He said, 'Ted, you will never guess what.' I said, 'What?' He said, 'Finally, way, way, way overdue, you've been inducted into the Hall of Honor, and I get to escort you.' He was as tickled as I was.
beforehand pieces putting watching
(Romantic meals) are really about putting the pieces together. You can do it beforehand while watching football.
football goes great team
You never know what's going to happen. One team could go in there and everything goes their way. But barring that happening, we feel like it'll be a great football game.
conversation hands work
Put (your partner) to work right away, even if it doesn't matter. If you're in there with your hands dirty, conversation comes a lot more easily. It removes a lot of the pressure.
argue champion impressive irish looking original premier quite race sure
But it's one of those things, and this is still the original Classic. The Irish Champion may be on the same day, but I'm not sure it's looking quite so impressive this year, and we could argue that the Leger is still the premier race of the afternoon.
knees quit since wore
Since my knees wore out, I quit officiating.
finish gave guys kids lose people seniors slow thinking
No one thought, most people were thinking we'd finish about .500. To lose two guys like that, and we got off to a slow start, but we had 11 seniors on the team, the kids never gave up.