Charlie Turner (Canadian football)

Charlie Turner
No. 60
Date of birth	December 12, 1944
Place of birth	Weirton, West Virginia, U.S.
Date of death	November 5, 2024 (aged 79)
Career information
CFL status	International
Position(s)	OT
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	255 lb (116 kg)
US college	Ohio
Career history
As player
1967–1968, 1970	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1971–1978	Edmonton Eskimos
1979	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Career highlights and awards
	3× Grey Cup champion (1967, 1975, 1978); CFL Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman (1975); DeMarco-Becket Memorial Trophy (1975);
CFL All-Star	1973, 1974, 1975
CFL West All-Star	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977

Charlie Turner (December 12, 1944 – November 5, 2024) was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman for 12 seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL).^[1] He won two Grey Cups for the Edmonton Eskimos and another one with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award in 1975.^[2]

Turner was born in Weirton, West Virginia, and grew up in Bellaire, Ohio. He played college football for the Ohio Bobcats. He signed as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, and spent 1966 on their taxi squad. He joined Hamilton midseason in 1967, when they won the Grey Cup.^[3]

Turner died on November 5, 2024, at the age of 79.^[4]^[5]

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