Scotland international rugby union player
Rugby player
George Turnbull
| Birth name | George Oliver Turnbull |
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| Date of birth | (1877-07-21)21 July 1877 |
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| Place of birth | Colinton Mains, Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| Date of death | 14 January 1970(1970-01-14) (aged 92) |
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| Place of death | Brighton, England |
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George Turnbull (21 July 1877 - 14 January 1970) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Turnbull played for West of Scotland.[2][3]
He later played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[4]
Provincial career
He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 7 December 1895.[5]
Turnbull played for Cities District in their match against Provinces District on 28 December 1895.[6]
He played for a Schoolboy side against the Scotland Probables on Wednesday 23 January 1896.[7]
He played for the Anglo-Scots against the South of Scotland District on 26 December 1903.[4]
International career
Turnbull played for Scotland 5 times, from 1896 to 1904.[8]
Military career
He joined the British Army in India and was a captain of the 26th Punjabis.[9]
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