Eddie Turnbull

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Eddie Turnbull
Personnel
Surname Edward Hunter Turnbull
birthday April 12, 1923
place of birth Falkirk ,  Scotland
date of death April 30, 2011
size 178 cm
position Center Forward
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1946-1959 Hibernian Edinburgh 348 (149)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1948-1958 Scotland 9 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1963-1965 FC Queen's Park
1965-1971 Aberdeen FC
1971-1980 Hibernian Edinburgh
1 Only league games are given.

Edward "Eddie" Hunter Turnbull (born April 12, 1923 in Falkirk , Scotland , † April 30, 2011 ) was a Scottish football player and coach.

career

Turnbull started his career with the resumption of regular play at Hibernian Edinburgh . Together with Gordon Smith , Bobby Johnstone , Lawrie Reilly and Willie Ormond , he formed the club's attack line that went down in history as the "Famous Five". With the team he won the Scottish championship three times. Appointed to the Scottish national team for the first time in 1948 , he took part in the 1958 World Cup with the team ten years later .

After he had ended his career in 1959 after 149 league goals, he took over his first coaching post four years later at FC Queen's Park . In 1965 he was recruited from FC Aberdeen , with whom he won the Scottish National Cup in 1970. After a runner-up in the following season he followed the advertising of his home club Hibernian, with whom he won the Scottish League Cup in 1972. Until 1980 he headed the team from the sidelines, then he retired from the football business.

successes

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personal data
SURNAME Turnbull, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turnbull, Edward Hunter; Turnbull, Eddie Hunter (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1923
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 2011