Jack Turnbull (footballer)
Encyclopedia
Jack Turnbull was an Australian rules football
er who played with South Melbourne
in the Victorian Football League
. After a short VFL career, he returned to the bush and settled in Ballarat. He enlisted in the army during World War I
, and was severely injured while in active service. He died of his wounds in 1917.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played with South Melbourne
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
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. After a short VFL career, he returned to the bush and settled in Ballarat. He enlisted in the army during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, and was severely injured while in active service. He died of his wounds in 1917.
Sources
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.