USOC Doctor Reportedly Sold Steroids

A doctor who monitors drug testing of athletes for the U.S. Olympic Committee was disciplined by a medical licensing board in 1985 for allegedly using and selling drugs that are banned at Olympic competition.

Dr. William N. Taylor, an expert on anabolic steroids and growth hormones, has supervised the collection and shipment of urine samples that are tested for banned drugs while serving as a volunteer Olympics crew chief. He also has testified as an expert witness in criminal trials and has lectured nationally on steroid abuse.

Three years ago, the Florida Board of Medical Examiners disciplined Taylor for allegedly using and selling anabolic steroids and human growth hormones in 1981-82.

Taylor said that the charges are false. He said he obtained the drugs to prove the existence of a black market for his book, “Anabolic Steroids and the Athlete,” published in June of 1982.

Dr. Robert Voy, director of sports medicine and science for the U.S. Olympic Committee, told The Pittsburgh Press that he knew Florida officials disciplined Taylor when he asked Taylor to be a crew chief in 1986, the newspaper reported in Sunday’s editions.

“I found his knowledge of anabolic steroids crucial,” Voy said. “Bill Taylor knows more about the loopholes in drug testing and the ways anabolic steroids are used than anybody else.”