Richard Turner (footballer)
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Richard Rennie Turner (24 April 1882 – 1 December 1960) was a British footballer who won a gold medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics as part of the Upton Park club side. Turner was an outside-right with Crouch End Vampires who joined Upton Park solely for the period of the Olympics. He scored one goal against the USFSA team.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Richard Turner". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
Sources[]
- Ian Buchanan, British Olympians, Guinness, London, 1991.
External links[]
- List of players for Upton Park (1866–1887 and 1891–1911)
- Richard Turner's profile at Sports Reference.com
Categories:
- English footballers
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic footballers of Great Britain
- Footballers at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Upton Park F.C. players
- Olympic medalists in football
- 1882 births
- 1960 deaths
- Association football forwards
- Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- FA Cup Final players
- English football biography stubs