George Turnbull (rugby union)
| Birth name | George Oliver Turnbull | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Turnbull (21 July 1877 - 14 January 1970) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
Turnbull played for West of Scotland.[2][3]
He later played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[4]
Provincial career[]
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 on Wednesday 23 January 1896.[7]
He played for the Anglo-Scots against the South of Scotland District on 26 December 1903.[4]
International career[]
Turnbull played for Scotland 5 times, from 1896 to 1904.[8]
Military career[]
He joined the British Army in India and was a captain of the 26th Punjabis.[9]
References[]
- ^ "George Oliver Turnbull". ESPN scrum.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/18811119/017/0001 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ a b https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000954/19040101/055/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/18951207/168/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/18951230/008/0001 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/18950125/065/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Turnbull - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Join Ancestry". www.ancestry.co.uk.
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- 1877 births
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- Scottish Exiles (rugby union) players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Cities District players
- Glasgow District (rugby union) players
- Edinburgh Wanderers RFC players
- Scottish rugby union players
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