Full name Herbert Wilfred Turner Name Herb Turner Original team(s) West Melbourne | Place of death Bendigo | |
Date of birth (1921-07-06)6 July 1921 Date of death 24 February 2002(2002-02-24) (aged 80) | ||
Place of birth Woodvale, Victoria | ||
Herbert Wilfred Turner (6 July 1921 – 24 February 2002) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Nicknamed "Stumpy", Turner was a dual premiership player at Carlton. He could play in the midfield or up forward.
Turner also played first-class cricket with Victoria for whom he was a left-handed batsman and made 96 on debut against Western Australia at the MCG in 1948. In all he made 632 runs in his first-class career at an average of 33.26.
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