Ted Turner (footballer)

Ted Turner
Personal information
Date of birth 20 December 1921
Date of death 23 September 1981(1981-09-23) (aged 59)
Original team(s) Mentone[1]
Height/Weight 179cm/83kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1944–1946 North Melbourne 16 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1946 season.

Edward "Ted" Turner (20 December 1921[2] – 23 September 1981)[3] was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League and for Brighton in the Victorian Football Association in the 1940s and 1950s.

A centre half back, Turner made his League debut for North Melbourne during 1944. He played at North Melbourne until 1946, and played a total of sixteen senior games.[2] In 1947, he crossed to the Victorian Football Association and played for the Brighton Football Club until 1951.[3] He was a member of Brighton's 1948 premiership team.[4]

In 1952, Turner moved to the Frankston Football Club in the Mornington Peninsula Football League, where he served as captain-coach, and in 1952 he won the MPFL Best and Fairest award.[3] He returned to Brighton as captain-coach in the VFA in 1954, and won the J. J. Liston Trophy as VFA best and fairest, winning by a margin of eight votes.[5] He played with Brighton until 1955.

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. 1 2 "Ted Turner". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ex-Brighton star dies". The Age (Melbourne, VIC). 25 September 1981. p. 26.
  4. ↑ "One change in VFA teams". The Argus (Melbourne, VIC). 8 October 1948. p. 16.
  5. ↑ "Turner VFA top". The Argus (Melbourne, VIC). 9 September 1954. p. 1.
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