George Turnbull (rugby union)

George Turnbull
Birth name	George Oliver Turnbull
Date of birth	21 July 1877
Place of birth	Colinton Mains, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	14 January 1970 (aged 92)
Place of death	Brighton, England
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	West of Scotland
–	Edinburgh Wanderers
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1895	Glasgow District
1895	Cities District
1896	Schoolboy
1903	Anglo-Scots
International career
Years	Team
1896-1904	Scotland

George Turnbull (21 July 1877 - 14 January 1970) was a Scotland international rugby union player.^[1]

Rugby Union career

Turnbull played for West of Scotland.^[2]^[3]

He later played for Edinburgh Wanderers.^[4]

He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 7 December 1895.^[5]

Turnbull played for Cities District in their match against Provinces District on 28 December 1895.^[6]

He played for a Schoolboy side against the Scotland Probables on Wednesday 23 January 1896.^[7]

He played for the Anglo-Scots against the South of Scotland District on 26 December 1903.^[4]

Turnbull played for Scotland 5 times, from 1896 to 1904.^[8]

He joined the British Army in India and was a captain of the 26th Punjabis.^[9]

^ "George Oliver Turnbull". ESPN scrum.
^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Turnbull - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
^ "Join Ancestry®". www.ancestry.co.uk.

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