Les Turner (footballer)
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Leslie Charles Turner (6 March 1891 – 2 October 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Les Turner | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leslie Charles Turner | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | South Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 2 October 1971 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Brunswick, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Prahran | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1915 | South Melbourne | 1 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
The son of Albert Turner (1865-1928),[2] and Emmeline Turner, née McGill, Leslie Charles Turner was born at South Melbourne on 6 March 1891.
He married Jean Tayne (1892-1974) in 1921.
He played football for Essendon and Prahran in the VFA, and South Melbourne in the VFL. In 1921 he was captain of the Leopold Football Club.[3]
He served overseas with the First AIF.
He died at Brunswick, Victoria on 2 October 1971.[4]
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- First World War Embarkation Roll: Company Quartermaster Sergeant Leslie Charles Turner (10), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- First World War Service Record: Company Quartermaster Sergeant Leslie Charles Turner (10), National Archives of Australia.
- Sporting Echoes, The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter, (Thursday, 8 April 1915), p.5.
- Q.M.-Sgt. Les Turner, The Winner, (Wednesday, 29 August 1917), p.8.
- Quartermaster Sergeant Les Turner, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 15 September 1917), p.2.
- Brevities, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 10 January 1920), p.3.
- 'Kickero', "Footballers Look Forward to a Brisk and Busy Season: South Melbourne, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 16 April 1920), p.3.
- 'Wingster', "Football", The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 17 April 1920), p.3.
- Les Turner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Les Turner at AustralianFootball.com
- Leslie G. (sic) Turner, at The VFA Project.
- "Turner, _Pra14", at The VFA Project.