Harry Turner (19 June 1882 – 14 April 1967) was an English professional

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who played as an

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for

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in the 1900s.

Football career

Turner was born in

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, the younger brother of

Archie Turner Arthur "Archie" Turner (June 1877 – 4 April 1925) was a professional footballer who played at outside-right in the 1900 and 1902 FA Cup Finals for Southampton, and made two appearances for England. Playing career Archie Turner was born in ...

(1877–1925), who played for Southampton from 1899 to 1902, and also made two appearances for

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. He first played for his local side at South Farnborough, from where he was invited to The Dell for a trial in April 1900. He eventually signed for Southampton in late 1903. He made his debut for "the Saints" on

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1903, when he replaced the injured Dick Evans in a 1–0 victory over

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. For the remainder of the season, he vied with his unrelated namesake, Joe Turner for the

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position, making ten appearances, scoring twice. For the 1904–05 season, Harry's brother Archie had returned to Southampton, while Joe Turner had moved to New Brompton. With new signing Charles Webb preferred at outside-right, Harry was moved to the left where he made five appearances scoring four goals, including two in a 4–3 victory over

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on 10 September. Despite having an "eye for goal", he lacked the skills of his elder brother and spent most of the 1904–05 season in the reserves, who he helped claim the

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. In the summer of 1905, he returned to north-east Hampshire to play out his career in the Aldershot & District League with Farnborough, although his professional career had a brief renaissance at

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in 1908.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Harry 1882 births 1967 deaths People from Farnborough, Hampshire English footballers Association football outside forwards Southampton F.C. players Reading F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Southern Football League players