Brian Turner (footballer, born 1933)

For the Richmond player, see Brian Turner (footballer, born 1930).

Brian Turner
Personal information
Full name Brian Joseph Turner
Date of birth (1933-12-19)19 December 1933
Date of death 21 December 2024(2024-12-21) (aged 91)
Original team(s) Old Paradians
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1952, 1954–57 Collingwood 38 (11)
1959–61 North Melbourne 43 (0)
Total 81 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brian Joseph Turner (19 December 1933 – 21 December 2024) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] Turner was part of the VFL/VFA combined team that played the Australian football demonstration game against the VAFA side during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, but was an unused substitute.[2] Turner died on 21 December 2024, two days after his 91st birthday.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 898. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Brian Turner". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Brian Joseph Turner". Tobin Brothers Funerals. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
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