Ted Turner (footballer)

The son of William Hector "Wally" Turner (1891-1949), a veteran of English and Irish descent,[2][3] and Emily Maria Turner (1889-1966), née Graham, née Phelan, also of English and Irish descent, with ancestors living in Tasmania as early as the 1820s, Edward John Charles Turner was born at Elsternwick, Victoria, on 20 December 1921.

After returning from the European front in 1944, he married Nellie Ann Casey (1923-2014), in 1944 at St Aloysius Catholic Church.

Her father was well-known horse trainer Sylvester Patrick Casey (1866-1950); and, through her mother's maternal grandmother, Eleanor Kate Thickins, née Beardmore, is related to British Industrialist William Beardmore, the major figure in engineering and shipbuilding who was later given the title of Lord Invernairn.

A centre half back, Turner made his League debut for North Melbourne during 1944.

He died suddenly at Frankston, Victoria on 23 September 1981,[7][8] of heart related issues likely caused by his experiences during the war.