Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Reginald Blundell Leaf Turnell [1] | ||
Date of birth | c. 1891 [2] | ||
Place of birth | Aberystwyth, Wales | ||
Date of death | 23 November 1917[3] | (aged 26)||
Place of death | Cambrai, France | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [4] | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1913 | Glossop | 3 | (0) |
1913 | Southport Central | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edward Reginald Blundell Leaf Turnell ( c. 1891 – 23 November 1917) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Glossop. [1] [3] [5]
Turnell attended New College, Oxford. [6] He served in the King's (Liverpool Regiment), the Royal Flying Corps and the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. [1] Turnell was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps in July 1916, but an accident in October 1916 forced him to depart the Corps. [2] He was serving as a second lieutenant on probation in the Middlesex Regiment when he was killed in an attack at Cambrai on 23 November 1917. [1] [6] Turnell is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing. [3]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Southport Central | 1912–13 [2] | Central League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Career total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Edward Reginald Blundell Leaf Turnell [1] | ||
Date of birth | c. 1891 [2] | ||
Place of birth | Aberystwyth, Wales | ||
Date of death | 23 November 1917[3] | (aged 26)||
Place of death | Cambrai, France | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [4] | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1913 | Glossop | 3 | (0) |
1913 | Southport Central | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edward Reginald Blundell Leaf Turnell ( c. 1891 – 23 November 1917) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Glossop. [1] [3] [5]
Turnell attended New College, Oxford. [6] He served in the King's (Liverpool Regiment), the Royal Flying Corps and the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. [1] Turnell was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps in July 1916, but an accident in October 1916 forced him to depart the Corps. [2] He was serving as a second lieutenant on probation in the Middlesex Regiment when he was killed in an attack at Cambrai on 23 November 1917. [1] [6] Turnell is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing. [3]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Southport Central | 1912–13 [2] | Central League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Career total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |