Elbert Carter Turner (September 11, 1901 – February 3, 1970), nicknamed "Cool" and "Pop", was an American Negro league

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and umpire, and a college baseball coach at

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. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Turner attended

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, and was the school's starting quarterback. He began his Negro leagues career in 1921 while still in college, using the aliases "J.H. Wagner" and "Bert Wagner" to protect his amateur status. Turner played in the

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for the Bacharach Giants. Following his playing career, he went on to umpire in the Negro National League, and was head coach at

. Turner died in

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in 1970 at age 68.

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