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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3rd quarter 1931 Middlesbrough | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 May 2010 Durham | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls Association football | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Eldon Grove BC | ||||||||||||||
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George Edward Turley (1931 – 25 May 2010) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler and Middlesbrough footballer.
Bowls career
World Championships
Turley's finest moment came when he won the Fours gold medal at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Aberdeen with Tony Allcock, John Bell and Julian Haines.
Commonwealth Games
He represented England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
National
He was the national pairs champion with Mal Hughes at the 1983 National Championships bowling for Eldon Grove BC of Durham.
Turley made his England international bowls debut indoors in 1974 and outdoors in 1980.
Football career
Turley played professional football for Middlesbrough from 1949 until 1951.
References
- Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- "Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 28 July 1984". The Times.
- "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- "Family affair". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 18 August 1983. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.