Full name Edward Hunter Turnbull Name Eddie Turnbull Role Football player | Playing position Height 1.78 m Years Team Position Forward | |
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Date of birth (1923-04-12)12 April 1923 Date of death 30 April 2011(2011-04-30) (aged 88) Died April 30, 2011, Edinburgh, United Kingdom | ||
Eddie turnbull interview pt1
Edward Hunter Turnbull (12 April 1923 – 30 April 2011) was a Scottish professional football player and manager.
Contents
- Eddie turnbull interview pt1
- Eddie turnbull part one of four
- Early life
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- Player
- Manager
- Managerial statistics
- References
Eddie turnbull part one of four
Early life
Turnbull was in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, serving aboard HMS Bulldog, HMS Alnwick Castle and HMS Plover. In November 2015, Turnbull was posthumously awarded an Arctic Star military campaign medal.
Playing career
During the late 1940s and 1950s he was one of the Famous Five, the noted Hibernian forward line, along with Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, and Willie Ormond. During his time with Hibernian they won three Scottish Football League titles, and in 1955 he was the first British player to score in a European club competition.
Although Turnbull was selected nine times to play for Scotland and played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, he did not physically receive an international cap at the time. This was because he did not play in any Home International matches, and caps were only awarded for playing in those matches until the mid-1970s. This situation was rectified in 2006 as a result of Gary Imlach's successful campaign for his father Stewart Imlach and other players affected by this rule to receive recognition.
Coaching career
He was manager of Aberdeen between 1965 and 1971 winning the 1970 Scottish Cup and finishing second in the league in 1971. After that he returned to Hibernian, winning the 1972 Scottish League Cup Final, against Celtic. He also managed their 7–0 win over their Edinburgh derby rivals Heart of Midlothian on 1 January 1973.
Turnbull died on 30 April 2011, aged 88. Hibernian chairman Rod Petrie stated that no-one had made a greater contribution to the club than Turnbull.