Michael Turner

Australian Rules Footballer

1954 –

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Who is Michael Turner?

Michael Turner is a former Australian rules footballer who played 245 games for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League from 1974 to 1988.

Michael "Micky" Turner did his final years of high school at Monivae College in Hamilton. Having resided in warrnambool, Monivae being just 100km north of warrnambool and being the best boarding school of the district, Monivae was the obvious choice of schools to go to.

He followed in the footsteps of his father Leo Turner in representing Geelong and played as a wingman and half forward. He was an All-Australian in 1979 and captained the club for two seasons in the mid-1980s. In 1982 he was Geelong's leading goalkicker with 40 goals.

Turner is a wingman in Geelong's official 'Team of the Century'.

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Born
Dec 6, 1954

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on July 23, 2013

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