Arthur Turner (footballer, born 1909), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Turner (footballer, born 1909)

English football player & manager, born in 1909

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1909

Place of Birth: Chesterton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Jan-1994

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Arthur Owen Turner (1 April 1909 – 12 January 1994) was an English professional association football player and manager.
He played as a centre-half for Stoke City, Birmingham City and Southport.
Turner was player-manager of Southport, managed Crewe Alexandra and was assistant at Stoke before joining Birmingham City as manager.
He won the Second Division championship in 1954–55, led them the following season to the 1956 FA Cup Final and their highest ever top flight finish, and became the first man to manage an English club side in European competition when he took the club to the semi-final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1958.
Turner went on to manage the transformation of Southern League club Headington United into Oxford United of the Second Division of the Football League.