Bert Turner

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Bert Turner
Personal information
Full name	Herbert Lewis Turner
Date of birth	1899
Place of birth	Smethwick, West Midlands, England
Position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Deceased
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1919-1920 1920-1924 1924-1925 1927-1928 1928	Birmingham Merthyr Town Coventry City Brierley Hill Alliance Torquay United Bristol Rovers	0 (0) 125 (34) 30 (7) 38 (11) 9 (2)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Herbert Lewis Turner (born 1899 in Smethwick) was an English professional footballer who could play in any of the forward positions.

Bert Turner played for Darlaston before joining Birmingham on the resumption of competitive football after the First World War. He joined Merthyr Town in 1920 for their first season in the Football League and went on to play 125 games, scoring 34 goals for the Welsh side.

In 1924 he returned to the Midlands, joining Coventry City, but left after 30 league games to play for non-league Brierley Hill Alliance. He joined Torquay United in 1927 and played in their first match in the Football League, scoring a penalty in a 1-1 draw with local rivals Exeter City at Plainmoor on August 27, 1927.

He missed just four games that season, but left at the end of it, rejoining Brierley Hill Alliance and later playing for Standard Athletic.