George H. Turner
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| Full name | George H. Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George H. Turner is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.[1]
Playing career
[edit]From the Papanui club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition, Turner represented Canterbury and the South Island.[2] In 1964 Turner played in one test match for the New Zealand national rugby league team, starting the second match in the series against France.[3] The test was played at Rugby League Park in Turner's home city of Christchurch.[4] Turner had been an unused reserve for the first test and withdrew from the third match due to injury.[2]
Later years
[edit]Turner retired in 1966. In his later years he represented North Canterbury in inter-club golf.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
- ^ TURNER, George - 1964 Archived 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ "New Zealand vs France 1964 Series at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.