# George Turley

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{{Short description|English bowler and footballer (1931–2010)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name              = George Turley
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| nationality       = British (English)
| birth_date        = 3rd quarter 1931
| birth_place       = [Middlesbrough](/source/Middlesbrough)
| death_date        = 25 May 2010
| death_place       = [Durham](/source/Durham%2C_England)
| sport             = Bowls<br>Association football
| club              = Eldon Grove BC
| medaltemplates    = 
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
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{{MedalCompetition | [World Outdoor Championships](/source/World_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalGold | [1984 Aberdeen](/source/1984_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [Men's fours](/source/1984_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalBronze | [1984 Aberdeen](/source/1984_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [Men's team](/source/1984_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
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'''George Edward Turley''' (1931 – 25 May 2010) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler and [Middlesbrough](/source/Middlesbrough_F.C.) [footballer](/source/association_football).<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](/source/gold_medal) at the [1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship](/source/1984_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) in [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen) with [Tony Allcock](/source/Tony_Allcock), [John Bell](/source/John_Bell_(bowls)) and [Julian Haines](/source/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](/source/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](/source/England_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games) in the fours, at the [1982 Commonwealth Games](/source/1982_Commonwealth_Games) in [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane), [Queensland](/source/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](/source/Bowls_England_National_Championships_(men's_pairs)) with [Mal Hughes](/source/Mal_Hughes_(bowls)) at the 1983 [National Championships](/source/List_of_Bowls_England_Men's_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/>

== References ==
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Category:1931 births
Category:2010 deaths
Category:English male bowls players
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players
Category:Bowls World Champions
Category:Men's association football players not categorized by position
Category:Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bowls players for England
Category:Sportspeople from Middlesbrough
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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