Sandy Turnbull

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Alexander 'Sandy' Turnbull (b. 1884, Hurlford, d. 3 May 1917, Arras, France) was a Scottish football player.

He started his career with his hometown club, Hurlford Thistle. He later moved to Manchester City. In 1905, City was found guilty of malpractice relating to payments of its players, and the entire squad was suspended from playing football. When the ban was lifted on 31 December 1906, Turnbull before moved to City's crosstown rivals Manchester United, along with Billy Meredith, Herbert Burgess and Jimmy Bannister. His first game for United came on the next day, January 1, 1907 against Aston Villa. Along with Meredith, he helped the club to their first championship in 1908 and the 1909 FA Cup, scoring the only goal in the final, against Bristol City. In 1908 alone, he would score 27 goals in 25 games. He would go on to score 100 goals for the club in 245 games. His final game for the Reds came against Sheffield United in 1915.

Lance Sergeant Turnbull would later tragically die in World War I in France on May 3, 1917 whilst serving with the British Army in the Eighth Battalion of the East Surrey Regiment in Arras, France.