Frederick Wellington "Cyclone" Taylor, MBE, (June 23, 1884 – June 9, 1979) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and civil servant. Playing as a cover-point and rover, he played professionally for the Portage Lakes Hockey Club, the Renfrew Creamery Kings, the Ottawa Hockey Club and the Vancouver Millionaires from 1906 to 1922. Acknowledged as one of the first stars of hockey, Taylor was recognised as one of the fastest skaters and one of the most prolific scorers of his era. He won five scoring championships in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), and won the Stanley Cup twice, once in 1909 with Ottawa and again in 1915 with Vancouver. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947.\n', '

Born and raised in Southern Ontario, Taylor moved to Manitoba in 1906 to play hockey. He quickly moved to Houghton, Michigan and spent two years in the International Hockey League, the first openly professional hockey league in the world. Returning to Canada in 1907 he joined the Senators, playing for them for two seasons. In 1909 he signed with Renfrew, becoming the highest paid athlete in the world on a per-game basis, before moving to Vancouver in 1912, finishing his career in 1922.\n', '

Upon moving to Ottawa in 1907 Taylor was given a position within the federal Interior Department as an immigration clerk, and maintained a position throughout his hockey career and after. In 1914 Taylor was the first Canadian official to board the Komagata Maru, a major incident relating to Canadian immigration. Rising to Commissioner of Immigration for British Columbia and the Yukon, the top position in the region, Taylor was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1946 for his services in immigration, and retired in 1950.\n', '

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