Norm Turnbull

Norm Turnbull
Personal information
Full name	Norman Alfred Turnbull
Date of birth	(1894-06-15)15 June 1894
Date of death
Original team(s)	Yarra Park School
Height/Weight	169cm / 66kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1914–1920 1921–1923 Total	St Kilda Richmond	31 (14) 34 (25) 65 (39)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923 season.
Career highlights
Richmond Premiership Player 1921

Norman "Norm" Turnbull (15 June 1894 – 19 July 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the VFL and horse trainer in both Melbourne and Sydney.

After growing up in Richmond, Turnbull commenced his senior football career with St Kilda in 1914, making eight appearances in his first season. He was reported as having enlisted in late 1915 although there are no official service records under his name in the official archives.

In 1918, Turnbull returned to senior football, playing the first eight rounds before being excluded from the team by the St Kilda committee “in the best interests of the team, owing to his play”. He was reinstated late in the 1920 season and played two more games for St Kilda before moving to Richmond for the 1921 VFL season. In his first game against his old club he was reported for striking Bill Woodcock and suspended for four matches, but returned to the team, kicking the winning goal in the Grand Final as Richmond won their second VFL premiership.

After football Turnbull became a successful horse trainer, later moving to Sydney.

External links

• Norm Turnbull's statistics from AFL Tables
• Norm Turnbull's profile from AustralianFootball.com