Gordon Turner

Gordon Reginald TURNER

Luton Town’s record all-time goalscorer, with 243 to his credit, was seeing out his National Service in the Royal Navy when he was recommended to Hatters manager Dally Duncan by two Lutonian Chief Petty Officers.
Gordon had to wait until 1950/51 before making his League debut and after being mentored and guided by the wily old centre-forward Jesse Pye, Gordon struck out on his own in 1954/55 and top scored as the Hatters won promotion to Division One for the first time in their history.
A dead shot and ice cool under pressure, Gordon regularly topped 30 goals each season in the top flight and it was criminal that he was never picked for England.
After leaving Luton, his only League club, in 1964, Gordon had spells at Wisbech and Kettering before concentrating on his sports shop that he owned with another ex-Hatter Wally Shanks.
Gordon tragically died in 1976 at the young age of 46 after suffering from Motor Neurone disease for five years.