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Fullname: | William Herbert Turner |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1921 |
Birth Place: | Woodvale, Victoria |
Death Place: | Bendigo |
Originalteam: | West Melbourne |
Debutdate: | Round 1, 1944 |
Debutteam: | Carlton |
Debutopponent: | South Melbourne |
Height: | 170 cm |
Weight: | 73 kg |
Statsend: | 1950 |
Years1: | 1944–1949 |
Club1: | Carlton |
Games Goals1: | 86 (101) |
Years2: | 1950 |
Club2: | Hawthorn |
Games Goals2: | 10 (10) |
Games Goalstotal: | 96 (111) |
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William Herbert 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.[1] In all he made 632 runs in his first-class career at an average of 33.26.