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George Turnbull (rugby union)

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Scotland international rugby union player

Rugby player
George Turnbull
Birth nameGeorge Oliver Turnbull
Date of birth(1877-07-21)21 July 1877
Place of birthColinton Mains, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death14 January 1970(1970-01-14) (aged 92)
Place of deathBrighton, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
West of Scotland ()
– Edinburgh Wanderers ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1895 Glasgow District ()
1895 Cities District ()
1896 Schoolboy ()
1903 Anglo-Scots ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1896-1904 Scotland 5 (3)

George Turnbull (21 July 1877 - 14 January 1970) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Turnbull played for West of Scotland.

He later played for Edinburgh Wanderers.

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 7 December 1895.

Turnbull played for Cities District in their match against Provinces District on 28 December 1895.

He played for a Schoolboy side against the Scotland Probables on Wednesday 23 January 1896.

He played for the Anglo-Scots against the South of Scotland District on 26 December 1903.

International career

Turnbull played for Scotland 5 times, from 1896 to 1904.

Military career

He joined the British Army in India and was a captain of the 26th Punjabis.

References

  1. "George Oliver Turnbull". ESPN scrum.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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  8. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Turnbull - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  9. "Join Ancestry®". www.ancestry.co.uk.


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