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 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 (aged 26)[3] | ||
| Place of death | Cambrai, France | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913 | Glossop | 3 | (0) |
| 1913 | Southport Central | 9 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
editTurnell 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ a b c d "Reginald Leaf Turnell | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Player Details". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Fulham". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 293. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Story: From the Southport Visiter dated 22nd December 1917". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.