Ken Turner (Australian footballer)

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Ken Turner
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-06-30)30 June 1935
Date of death 11 February 2022(2022-02-11) (aged 86)
Original team(s) Collingwood Tech[1]
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1956–1965 Collingwood 170 (56)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ken Turner (30 June 1935 – 11 February 2022) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL. He is the father of Australian Rules footballer Jamie Turner, who also played with Collingwood. He was a cousin of former test cricketer Graham Yallop, nephew of Stan Yates and was a cousin of murdered lawyer Keith William Allan.

Turner usually played on either the half forward flank or as a wingman. He was a member of Collingwood's premiership side in 1958 and represented Victoria at interstate football seven times during his career.

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  1. ^ "Ken Turner". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

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