Bill Turner (footballer, born 1870) explained

Bill Turner
Fullname:	Frederick William Turner
Birth Date:	30 July 1870
Birth Place:	Glen Iris, Victoria
Death Place:	Windsor, Victoria
Statsend:	1897
Years1:	1897
Games Goals1:	10 (1)

Frederick William Turner (30 July 1870 – 21 February 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of John Charles Turner (1838-1921),^[2] and Martha Turner (1848-1921),^[3] née Maxwell,^[4] Frederick William Turner was born at Glen Iris, Victoria on 30 July 1870.^[5]

He married Edith Bowyer Eyre (1867-1939) in December 1898. They had three children: Vera Beatrice Mary Turner (1900-1984), Leslie William Turner (1905-), and Clive Eyre Turner (1907-1912).

He died at Windsor, Victoria on 21 February 1952.

Notes and References

1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 898.
2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1738831 Deaths: Turner, (Friday, 4 March 1921), p.1.
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4613872 Deaths: Turner, The Argus, (Tuesday, 1 December 1921), p.1.
4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5747382 Marriages: Turner—Maxwell, The Argus, (Tuesday, 12 April 1864), p.4.
5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5827561 Births: Turner, The Argus, (Tuesday, 2 August 1870), p.4.