| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Reginald Blundell Leaf Turnell | ||
| Date of birth | c. 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Aberystwyth, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 23 November 1917 (1917-11-24) (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | Cambrai, France | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| 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 | |||
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.
Personal life
Turnell attended New College, Oxford. He served in the King's (Liverpool Regiment), the Royal Flying Corps and the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. Turnell was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps in July 1916, but an accident in October 1916 forced him to depart the Corps. 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. Turnell is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Southport Central | 1912–13 | Central League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Career total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
References
- ^ "Reginald Leaf Turnell | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Player Details". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Story: From the Southport Visiter dated 22nd December 1917". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- 1891 births
- 1917 deaths
- Footballers from Aberystwyth
- Welsh men's footballers
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Royal Flying Corps officers
- Glossop North End A.F.C. players
- Southport F.C. players
- King's Regiment (Liverpool) officers
- Middlesex Regiment officers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Alumni of New College, Oxford
- Military personnel from Ceredigion