Samuel Chipman "Chip" Turner (born 10 June 1893) was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with South Melbourne

Sydney Swans

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

South Melbourne first tried to get a clearance for Turner, from Ballarat Football League

Ballarat Football League

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 side Golden Point

Golden Point Football Club

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, in 1915, but he didn't start at the club until 1918 due to the war. He arrived in time to enjoy South Melbourne's successful 1918 premiership campaign and as a full-back in the grand final

1918 VFL Grand Final

The 1918 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the South Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 7 September 1918. It was the 21st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...

 kept Collingwood player Dick Lee

Dick Lee (footballer)

Walter Henry "Dick" Lee was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League ....

to three goals.

Turner had cemented his stop in the team after his strong debut season and played 17 of a possible 19 games in 1919. He spent three more years with South Melbourne before retiring.