Ken Turner | |
Birth Date: | 30 June 1935 |
Originalteam: | Collingwood Tech[1] |
Height: | 178 cm |
Weight: | 76 kg |
Statsend: | 1965 |
Years1: | 1956–1965 |
Club1: | Collingwood |
Games Goals1: | 170 (56) |
Ken Turner (30 June 1935 – 11 February 2022) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL. He is the father of Australian Rules footballer Jamie Turner, who also played with Collingwood.[2] He was a cousin of former test cricketer Graham Yallop, nephew of Stan Yates and was a cousin of murdered lawyer Keith William Allan.
Turner usually played on either the half forward flank or as a wingman. He was a member of Collingwood's premiership side in 1958 and represented Victoria at interstate football seven times during his career.