{{Short description|English bowler and footballer (1931–2010)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use British English|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = George Turley | image = | image_size = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = 3rd quarter 1931 | birth_place = Middlesbrough | death_date = 25 May 2010 | death_place = Durham | sport = Bowls<br>Association football | club = Eldon Grove BC | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalSport|}} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1984 Aberdeen | Men's fours }} {{MedalBronze | 1984 Aberdeen | Men's team }} }}
'''George Edward Turley''' (1931 – 25 May 2010) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler and Middlesbrough footballer.<ref>{{cite book |last=Newby |first=Donald |title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88 |year=1987 |publisher=Telegraph Publications |isbn=0-86367-220-5}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS470257404&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 |title=Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 28 July 1984 |work=The Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2327 |title=Profile |publisher=Bowls Tawa}}</ref>
=== Commonwealth Games === He represented England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes |title=1982 Athletes |publisher=Team England}}</ref>
=== National === He was the national pairs champion with Mal Hughes at the 1983 National Championships bowling for Eldon Grove BC of Durham.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001329/19830818/023/0023 |title=Family affair |work=Torbay Express and South Devon Echo |date=18 August 1983 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records |title=Past Records |publisher=Bowls England |access-date=16 May 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327221853/https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Turley made his England international bowls debut indoors in 1974 and outdoors in 1980.<ref name=BW>{{cite book |last=Warters |first=Bob |title=Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir |year=1984 |publisher=Key Publishing Ltd}}</ref>
== Football career == Turley played professional football for Middlesbrough from 1949 until 1951.<ref name=BW/>
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