Richard Turner (footballer, born 1882)

English footballer

Olympic medal record
Men's football
Representing  Great Britain
Gold medal – first place 1900 Paris Team competition

Richard Rennie Turner (24 April 1882 in Hornsey – 1 December 1960 in Worthing) 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

  1. ^ "Richard Turner". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

Sources

  • Ian Buchanan, British Olympians, Guinness, London, 1991.
  • Richard Turner at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
  • Richard Turner at Team GBEdit on Wikidata
  • List of players for Upton Park (1866–1887 and 1891–1911)
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Great Britain football squad (Upton Park F.C.)1900 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists
  • Buckenham
  • Burridge
  • Chalk
  • Gosling
  • Haslam (c)
  • Jones
  • Nicholas
  • Quash
  • Spackman
  • Turner
  • Zealley
United Kingdom


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