George H. Turner

George Turner

Personal information
Full name	George Henry Turner
Born	22 June 1937 New Zealand
Died	1 January 2013(2013-01-01) (aged 75)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 195?–66 Papanui (CRL) Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1959–?? Canterbury 1962–63 South Island 1964 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

George H. Turner is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand. ^[1]

Playing career

From the Papanui club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition, Turner represented Canterbury and the South Island. ^[2] In 1964 Turner played in one test match for the New Zealand national rugby league team, starting the second match in the series against France. ^[3] The test was played at Rugby League Park in Turner's home city of Christchurch. ^[4] Turner had been an unused reserve for the first test and withdrew from the third match due to injury. ^[2]

Later years

Turner retired in 1966. In his later years he represented North Canterbury in inter-club golf. ^[2]

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
3. TURNER, George - 1964 Archived 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
4. "New Zealand vs France 1964 Series at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.