Derek Turner

Derek Turner

Derek "Rocky" Turner (born 1933) is an English professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1940s, '50s and '60s, and coach of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, England, Yorkshire, and Great Britain & France, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham and Wakefield Trinity, with whom he won three Challenge Cup finals, as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, or usually Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 13.

Read more about Derek Turner:  Club Career, Representative Career, Coaching Career, Film Career, Peer Accolades, Personal Life, Representative Career Whilst At Oldham, Representative Career Whilst At Wakefield Trinity

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