James McLachlan Turnbull (born 23 May 1882) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward, most notably for Manchester United, with whom he won the Football League and the FA Charity Shield in 1908 and the FA Cup in 1909. He was the first player to net a hat-trick in a Charity Shield game.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James McLachlan Turnbull | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1882[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 19 September 1960 | ||
| Place of death | Stretford, Lancashire, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Stenhousemuir | |||
| 1900–1901 | East Stirlingshire | 12 | (11) |
| 1901–1903 | Dundee | 25 | (6) |
| 1903–1904 | Falkirk | 16 | (13) |
| 1904 | Rangers | 1 | (1) |
| 1905–? | Preston North End | ? | (?) |
| ?–1907 | Leyton | ? | (?) |
| 1907–1910 | Manchester United | 67 | (36) |
| 1910–1912 | Bradford (Park Avenue) | ? | (?) |
| 1912–1913 | Chelsea | 20 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editTurnbull played for Scottish clubs East Stirlingshire, Dundee, Falkirk and Rangers,[2] before moving to England to sign for Preston North End and later the now dissolved Leyton.
In May 1907 he was bought by Manchester United,[3] where he won the 1907–08 Football League title, the 1908 FA Charity Shield and the 1908–09 FA Cup. He scored a total of 45 goals in 78 games for the club, with his best season being 1908–09, in which he scored 22 times in 28 appearances in all competitions. He was sold to Bradford Park Avenue in September 1910, and later played for Chelsea.[4]
He played in the annual Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial match in 1911,[5] but did not receive any other representative honours.
Personal life
editHis elder brother Tom Turnbull was also a footballer who played as a defender, also featuring for Stenhousemuir, East Stirlingshire and Falkirk as well as Celtic and Sheffield United, but suffered a serious injury soon after joining the English club.[6] Another brother, Alex, was one of Falkirk's early goalkeepers before emigrating to Canada.
Honours
editManchester United
References
edit- ^ Statutory registers – Births – Search results Archived 22 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine, ScotlandsPeople
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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- ^ Chelsea FC Player Profile: James Turnbull, StamfordBridge.com
- ^ Football. | Trial Match in Glasgow., The Glasgow Herald, 21 March 1911
- ^ Falkirk FC Graves – Thomas Turnbull, Falkirk Football Historian, 1 May 2013