Jack Turnbull (rugby union)

Jack Turnbull

Full name	Jack Edward Turnbull
Date of birth	(1915-03-16)16 March 1915
Place of birth	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date of death	28 May 1987(1987-05-28) (aged 72)
School	Sydney Boys High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Front-row Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1935–48 New South Wales 12 (6) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1939–40 Australia

Jack Edward Turnbull (16 March 1915 – 28 May 1987) was an Australian international rugby union player. ^[1]

Known by the nickname "Straub", Turnbull was born in Sydney and attended Sydney Boys High School. ^[2]

Turnbull, an Eastern Suburbs front-rower, represented New South Wales both sides of the war. He travelled to England with the 1939–40 Wallabies, but would make his only appearance in Bombay on the way back home, with the British leg of the tour having been called off due to the war, two days after they arrived. ^[3]

See also

• List of Australia national rugby union players

References

1. "Turnbull Home, To Play Union". The Sun . 22 April 1942. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Jack Edward Turnbull". classicwallabies.com.au.
3. "Turnbull In Union "Comeback"". The Daily Telegraph . 1 May 1947. p. 31 – via National Library of Australia.