Dave Turner (soccer, born 1903)

Dave Turner
Personal information
Full name Dave Binnie Turner
Date of birth (1903-10-11)11 October 1903
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death 6 April 1989(1989-04-06) (aged 85)
Place of death Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Inside Left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Edmonton South Side
1923 Calgary CPR
1923-24 Cumberland
1924 Edmonton South Side
1924-25 Vancouver St. Andrews FC
1925-26 New Bedford Whalers
1925-26 Philadelphia Field Club
1926-1927 Toronto Ulster United FC
1927-1939 Westminster Royals FC
International career
1927 Canada 3 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dave Turner (11 October 1903 – 6 April 1989) was a Canadian soccer player from the 1920s and 1930s. He was a four-time Dominion of Canada Football Championship winner with the Westminster Royals FC.[1] He represent Canada on their 1927 tour to New Zealand.[2] He was honoured by Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of their inaugural class in 1955 and then posthumously honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class in 2000.

He helped the Royals become the first Canadian team to win the Challenge Trophy four times (1928, 1930, 1931, 1936).

Turner was inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1966. He died on 6 April 1989, at the age of 85.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dave Binnie Turner". Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  2. ^ "All Canada 1927". Retrieved 27 July 2025.