Ted Turney | |
Birth Date: | 27 April 1901 |
Birth Place: | Magnetic Springs, Ohio, US |
Death Place: | San Diego, California, US |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1920–1923 |
Player Team2: | Ohio Wesleyan |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1920–1924 |
Player Team4: | Ohio Wesleyan |
Player Years5: | 1924–1926 |
Player Team5: | Barberton Diamond Matches |
Player Years6: | 1925–1926 |
Player Team6: | Akron Buckeye Cycles |
Player Years7: | 1926–1927 |
Player Team7: | Akron (CBL) |
Player Years8: | 1929–1930 |
Player Team8: | Columbus Robert Lees (NPBL) |
Player Positions: | Fullback, kicker (football) Center (basketball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1924–1925 |
Coach Team2: | Barberton HS (OH) |
Coach Years3: | 1926–1929 |
Coach Team3: | North HS (OH) |
Coach Years4: | 1930–1945 |
Coach Team4: | Heidelberg |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1931–1946 |
Coach Team6: | Heidelberg |
Admin Years1: | 1930–1967 |
Admin Team1: | Heidelberg |
Overall Record: | 51–56–8 (college football) 92–152 (college basketball) |
Theodore Roosevelt Turney (April 27, 1901 – February 3, 1979) was an American football and basketball player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio from 1940 to 1945, compiling a record of 51–56–8. Turney was the head basketball coach at Heidelberg from 1931 to 1946, tallying a mark of 92–152.[2] He also coached track and golf at Heidelberg and retired as the school's athletic director in 1967. Turney died of a heart attack on February 3, 1979, in San Diego, California.[3]