Jack Turnbull (footballer)

Jack Turnbull
Personal information
Full name	John Charles McNicol Turnbull
Date of birth	30 December 1885
Date of death	2 May 1917 (aged 31)
Place of death	Western Front, France
Original team(s)	Horsham
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1908	South Melbourne	12 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908.

John Charles McNicol "Jack" Turnbull was an Australian rules footballer 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.

See also

• List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service

Sources

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Main, J. & Allen, D., "Turnbull, Jack", pp. 186–190 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
• Australian Casualties: List No.301: Died of Wounds: Victoria (Turnbull, J.C.M., Horsham, 2/5/17), The Argus, (Tuesday 22 May 1917), p.9.
• Australians on Service: Killed: Turnbull, The Argus, (Thursday 24 May 1917), p.6.

External links

• Jack Turnbull's statistics from AFL Tables
• Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: John Charles McNicol Turnbull (241)