Brian Turner
- March 29, 1952
- May 30, 2010
- cancer
About Brian Turner
Brian Turner, 58, Australian footballer, cancer.
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Full Biography
|Brian Joseph Turner (29 March 1952 – 29/30 May 2010) was an Australian soccer forward.
Club career
Turner began his soccer career with New Lambton in the Northern New South Wales State League. In 1969, he spent time with Tottenham in England, though did not play a first team match. Returning to Australia in 1971, he played for Western Suburbs in the New South Wales State League before transferring in April 1974 to Sydney Croatia for $3,000. A knee injury retired him from soccer in the mid-1970s.
International career
In November 1971 Turner made his only appearance for Australia against Israel in Melbourne.
Agency, family and death
After retiring from playing, Turner was a player agent, helping prospects into the global game. He died in Canberra in May 2010, a year after a cancer diagnosis, leaving two sons and a daughter.
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