Franklin David Turville (1907-1984) was a Canadian football player, playing from 1928 to 1936. A star player with the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by resident ...

Mustangs football team, Turville was an all-star from his first season (and every season) with the

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. He played 24 regular season games with the Argos. In 1928, during their only win against the

Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...

, he rushed for 177 yards, scored 18 points and kicked a team record 8 rouges (singles). He was league leader for points scored in 1929 (34) and 1931 (26). His best season was 1930, when he scored 28 points (third in league) and won the

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as top player in the east. He later played 5 seasons for the

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, twice more named an all-star and winning the

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in 1932. After his football career he became a game official (head linesman). He later became a lawyer in Hamilton. A final recognition of Turville's talent came from Hall of Fame

player

Dave Sprague David Shafer Sprague (August 11, 1910 – February 20, 1968) was a star football player in the Canadian Football League for eleven seasons for the Hamilton Tigers and the Ottawa Rough Riders. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of ...

. Upon retiring he was asked who was the best player, and he said Turville was "the greatest all-around player of them all." He was enshrined in the University of Western Ontario's "W" Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Windsor / Essex County Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.Frank Turville, Athlete, Football, Class of 1986
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turville, Frank Sportspeople from Thunder Bay Players of Canadian football from Ontario Toronto Argonauts players Western Mustangs football players University of Western Ontario alumni Hamilton Tigers football players Osgoode Hall Law School alumni 1907 births 1984 deaths