| Birth name | Arthur Stephen Turk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1948-01-09)9 January 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cresswell, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 August 2005(2005-08-25) (aged 57) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Langholm, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Turk (9 January 1948 - 25 August 2005) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Langholm.
He joined the Army, and played for Army Rugby Union; and stationed at Catterick then turned out for Harrogate.
Provincial career
He played for South of Scotland District as a full back in all three matches of their 1970–71 Scottish Inter-District Championship season campaign. The South won every match and finished that season as champions, with Turk the top scorer for the season with 24 points.
On moving to Catterick with the army, he then played for Yorkshire county.
International career
He was capped by Scotland just the once, against England in 1971, coming on as a replacement at Centre. Scotland won the match, their first win at Twickenham since 1938.
Death
Turk died on the 25 August 2005 after a long illness.
References
- "Arthur Stephen Turk". ESPN scrum.
- The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "Formers Scottish test player dies". ESPN scrum.
- "Register". Retrieved 16 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "England v Scotland". ESPN scrum.
- "Rugby Union: You can't hurry a Murray. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com.