Jordan Tabor

Who they were

Jordan Benjamin Tabor was an English footballer who primarily played as a left back, but also played as a central midfielder or as a striker in the latter part of his career.

Path and career

Career Tabor joined Chelsea on schoolboy terms in 2005, and signed a two-year scholarship with the West London side in 2007. During the scholarship, he made 50 appearances for the U-18 team, and three for the reserves. [ 1 ] He was occasionally used as an attacking left winger because of his offensive traits, including a very impressive ability to cross. Chelsea did not offer him a professional contract, and he was released by the club in 2009.

Death On 23 July 2014, in the early hours of the morning, whilst on holiday with his girlfriend Danielle McEachran and her family, he fell from a third floor balcony at the Titanic Beach Hotel in Antalya , Turkey. He was 23 years old at the time of his death. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Tributes poured in from friends, family and colleagues; notably his mother, Louise Bates, his father, Craig Jeffery, his girlfriend's brother Josh (with whom he had played at Chelsea),

Why this date

Jordan Tabor appears on our July 23 calendar for 2014 as a death entry.