Reg Turnell

Reg Turnell
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(1917-11-23) (aged 25–26)[3]
Place of death Cambrai, France
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[4]
Position 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]

Personal life

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]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Reginald Leaf Turnell | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Player Details". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Fulham". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 293. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  6. 1 2 "Story: From the Southport Visiter dated 22nd December 1917". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
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