Hugh Turner (footballer, born 1917) explained

Hugh Turner
Fullname:Hugh Peter Turner
Birth Date:12 May 1917
Birth Place:Middlesbrough, England
Death Date:1992 (aged 74)
Death Place:Central Cleveland, England
Position:Full back
Youthyears1:
Years1:
Clubs1:South Bank St Peters
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:1935–1939
Caps2:0
Goals2:0
Years3:1939–1947
Caps3:6
Goals3:0

Hugh Peter Turner (12 May 1917 – 1992), also known as Hughie Turner, was an English footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Darlington.

Biography

Turner was born in 1917 in Middlesbrough, which was then in the North Riding of Yorkshire.[1] He began his football career as a wing half with local team South Bank St Peters,[2] turned professional with First Division club Middlesbrough in 1935,[1] and remained with the club for four seasons, during which time he was converted to play at right back. He played for Middlesbrough's "A" team in the North Eastern League, but never managed to break into the senior team, and left for Darlington in August 1939.[3]

Described as "a sound defender [who] has a strong kick",[3] Turner was not selected for any of Darlington's three matches in the Third Division North before the Football League was abandoned for the duration of the Second World War.[4] He returned to Darlington for the first postwar season, but made only six appearances in the League before retiring from the game.[5]

Turner died in 1992 at the age of 74.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Barry J. . Hugman . The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998 . 1998 . Queen Anne Press . 978-1-85291-585-8 . 549.
  2. Web site: Past local players of note . https://web.archive.org/web/20110612201430/http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/elliscupfounded1889/page11.phtml . 12 June 2011 . A B C of Football Tradition in South Bank . This is the North East/Communigate.
  3. News: New man for Darlington . Yorkshire Post . 9 August 1939 . 16 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . SoccerData . Nottingham . 264 . 2004 . 978-1-899468-67-6.
  5. Web site: Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10 . Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database . Neil Brown . 14 October 2014.