Herb Turner Explained

Herb Turner
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.

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  1. News: Boundary. . . Launceston, Tasmania . 7 February 1949 . 7 June 2013 . 12 . National Library of Australia.