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Richard Turner
Personal information
Full name Richard Rennie Turner
Date of birth (1882-04-24)24 April 1882
Place of birth Hornsey, London, England
Date of death 1 December 1960(1960-12-01) (aged 78)
Place of death Worthing, West Sussex, England
Position(s) Outside-right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1899–1906 Upton Park
International career
1900 Great Britain 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Great Britain
Gold medal – first place 1900 Paris Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Rennie Turner (24 April 1882 – 1 December 1960) was a British footballer who won a gold medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics as part of the Upton Park club side. Turner was an outside-right with Crouch End Vampires who joined Upton Park solely for the period of the Olympics. He scored one goal against the USFSA team.

References[edit]

  • Ian Buchanan, British Olympians, Guinness, London, 1991.

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