Bert Turner (footballer born 1909)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Herbert Gwyn Turner | ||
| Date of birth | 19 June 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Brithdir, Caerphilly, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 8 June 1981 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Birchington-on-Sea, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1933 | Brithdir | ||
| 1933–1947 | Charlton Athletic | 179 | (2) |
| 1947–???? | Dartford | ||
| National team | |||
| 1936–1939 | Wales | 8 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1951–1955 | Malmö FF | ||
| 1955–1956 | Kalmar FF | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Herbert Gwyn "Bert" Turner (19 June 1909 – 8 June 1981) was a Welsh international footballer who played as a full back for Charlton Athletic. He was best known for scoring for both sides in the 1946 FA Cup Final, becoming the first player to do so.
Turner was born in Brithdir, Caerphilly and, after school, he joined the Welch Regiment where he had a reputation as an all-round sportsman winning medals for rugby, athletics and hockey with Army teams, as well as playing football. On leaving the army, he returned to his place of birth where he made four appearances for the village team before a trial with Charlton Athletic.
Turner signed in August 1933 and made his first team debut in the Football League Third Division South, with twenty appearances at centre half in the 1933–34 season as Charlton finished fifth in the table. In the next season, he started off at centre half, playing alongside Bill Dodgin and Frank Harris before the arrival of Don Welsh in February led to him being moved to right back. The team that manager Jimmy Seed had assembled went on to claim the Division title at the end of the season, and finished as runners-up in the Second Division in 1936, thus achieving back-to-back promotions.
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