Douglas Clayland Turnbull, Jr. (July 23, 1904 – April 12,1996) was an American

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

player. He was the first player, and remains one of only six, to have been named to the

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first team all four years of his college career. Turnbull played college lacrosse and football at

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. In 1923, he led the nation in placekicking. He was inducted into the

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in 1962.

Early life

Turnbull was born on July 23, 1904 in the

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neighborhood of

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. He attended

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, from which he graduated in 1921.Douglass Clayland Turnbull Jr.
, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, retrieved July 17, 2010. While there, he played football, basketball, and lacrosse, and as a senior he captained the lacrosse team. During his time at Poly, his lacrosse teams defeated cross-town rival

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three out of four times and also beat collegiate teams of

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and Penn.

College career

Doug Turnbull attended college at

and earned a

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degree in engineering in 1924. During the following year he continued postgraduate studies in engineering, mathematics, and thermodynamics. Turnbull was a two-time president of the

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leadership honor society in 1924 and 1925. As an undergraduate, Turnbull became the first college lacrosse player named to the USILA All-America first team all four years of his collegiate career, a feat that has been matched only five times since (by Everett Smith,

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, Del Dressell, Jason Coffman, and

Mikey Powell Michael Powell (born October 29, 1982) is a former American professional lacrosse player who was a four-time First Team All-American at Syracuse University, played professional lacrosse for the Baltimore Bayhawks and Boston Cannons, and played o ...

). He played every lacrosse position with the exception of goalkeeper. He played on the Hopkins football team as a left halfback, and in 1923, led the nation in placekicking. That season, he made six

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s and fifteen

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s. Head football coach

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named Turnbull to his All-Time Hopkins Football Team, and lacrosse coach Bill Schmeisser named him to his Honor Roll of Hopkins Lacrosse Tradition. Turnbull was inducted into the

in 1962. He was inducted into the charter class of the Johns Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994.Athletic Hall of Fame to induct charter class
''Johns Hopkins Magazine'', November 1994.

Professional career

Turnbull worked for the Baltimore Gas & Electric Company from 1925 to 1943. He became a member of the company's Executive Department on September 1, 1943. In 1962, he was working as the chairman of the Locomotive Development Committee, a member of the National Coal Policy Conference, a trustee of the Maryland Academy of Sciences, a member of the Physical Fitness Commission, and the Off-Street Parking Commission. Turnbull continued playing lacrosse after college with the prestigious

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from 1926 to 1938, including as team captain in 1930. Turnbull managed the club's

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team in 1932 and 1933. He served as an assistant lacrosse coach for the club in 1939 and 1940. In 1934, he coached lacrosse at the

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. Turnbull occasionally worked as a scout for Johns Hopkins, Mount Washington, and

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Personal life

Jack Turnbull John Iglehart Turnbull (June 30, 1910 – October 20, 1944) was an American lacrosse player and 1965 inductee into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He lends his name to the Jack Turnbull Award, given to the nation's best collegiate attackman. ...

, another Johns Hopkins lacrosse star, was Doug's younger brother. David G. Pietramala and Neil A. Grauer
''Lacrosse: Technique and Tradition; The Second Edition of the Bob Scott Classic''
p. 231, 2006, Baltimore:

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, . He is the namesake of the

Jack Turnbull Award The "Lt. Col. J. I. Turnbull Award"''Go to' (box title is "2009 USILA Coaches of the Year Announced") ''and then scroll down'' to the lower box, entitled "2009 USILA Special Awards". The fourth regular award listed is: "Lt. Col. J. I. Turnbull Award ...

for college lacrosse's top attackman. In 1927, Turnbull married Virginia née Steuart, with whom he had five children, four sons and one daughter. Turnbull died in his sleep at the age of 91 on April 12, 1996, at Fairhaven Retirement Center in

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.Douglas C. Turnbull Jr., 91, All-American lacrosse player
''The Baltimore Sun'', April 13, 1996.

References

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