Eric Turner (athlete)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | fourth quarter 1909 Luton, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | javelin throw |
| Club | Luton United Harriers Port Sunlight AC |
Eric Robert Turner (1909 – date of death unknown)[1] was an English athlete.[2]
Biography
Turner was born in Luton, England and also competed under the name Robert Turner.[3] He was a member of the Luton United Harriers before competing for the Army.[4]
He represented England at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario,[5] where he competed in the javelin throw event, finishing in fourth place.[6] He was a guardsman at the time of the 1930 Games and lived in Luton.[7]
He was on the podium five times at the AAA Championships from 1930 to 1937.[8] He would later join the Birkenhead police force and competed for Port Sunlight AC and was the Northern javelin champion every year from 1936 to 1939 and 1948 and 1949.[3]
References
- ^ "Eric Robert Turner". Free BMD. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Modest standards in the javelin, but a Leeds lecturer makes his mark". Northern Athletics. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ "Athetics". Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle. 19 September 1929. Retrieved 5 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hamilton 1930 Team". Team England. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ "Athletics Javelin Throw - Men Hamilton 1930". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
- ^ "AAA and National Championships Medallists - Javelin". NUTS. Retrieved 5 September 2025.