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Hugh
Turner |
Huddersfield
Town AFC
2 appearances, 6 goals against
0 clean sheets
P 2 W 1 D
0 L 1 F 6: A 6
50% successful
1931
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Hugh Turner |
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Birth |
6 August 1904 in Wigan, Lancashire [registered in
Wigan, September 1904]. |
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Baptism |
18 September 1904 at St. Catherine's
Church in Wigan |
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According to the 1911 census,
Hugh is the oldest of two sons still living to Samuel and Margaret Alice,
they had another four children that died before this return. His father is
a coal mine hewer, and they all live at 250 Esk Street in Carr Hill area
of Gateshead. |
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Marriage |
to Gladys
Thompson, on Saturday, 6 June 1931
[registered in Huddersfield, June 1931]. |
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According to the 1939
register, Hugh, a professional footballer, is married to Gladys. They live
at his parents-in-law, the Thompson's, at 8 Brook Lane in Golcar, near
Huddersfield. |
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Death |
late 1996, aged
92 years nk days
[registered in Huddersfield, December 1996]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Moved as a
child to the north-east of England, and played football for the pit he was
working for, Felling Colliery FC, from where he signed amateur forms with
Darlington FC in 1924. He was playing with Gateshead North-Eastern League
side, High Fell FC in 1925. Huddersfield Town AFC signed Turner on 15
April 1926. Following 364 league outings between the posts,
Turner was placed on the 'free transfer' list on 27 April 1937, signed for
Fulham FC on 25 June 1937, and he remained at Craven Cottage until after
the war. Turner was back at Huddersfield Town AFC in 1940 as a guest in
goal. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division One Champions 1925-26,
runners-up 1926-27, 1927-28, 1933-34; FA Cup runners-up 1927-28, 1929-30; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 12st. 4lbs [1928 & 1929]. 12st. 8lbs [1930]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of four who
became the 560th
players (560) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper. 62nd goalkeeeper |
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First match |
No. 176, 14 May 1931,
France 5 England 2, an end-of season tour match at
Stade
Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris, aged
26 years
281 days. |
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Last match |
No. 177, 16 May 1931,
Belgium 1 England 4,
an end-of-season tour match at Stade du
Daring Club de Bruxelles, Sint-Jans Molenbeek, Bruxelles, aged
26 years 283 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Turner became
the 100th Lancastrian to play for England. |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information. He had an
unasumming career, and an unspectacular retirement, which explains the
lack of death date. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.251. |
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Hugh Turner - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
Comp
Apps |
Mins. |
GA |
GA Av.
min |
Comp GA |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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2 |
2 |
0 |
180 |
6 |
30 min |
0 |
0 |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Hugh Turner
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away
- Friendly |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Hugh
Turner
- Match History
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Club: Huddersfield
Town A.F.C. - 9 full appearances (810 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - nine full apps (810 min)x
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Notes
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