Pop Turner

{{Short description|American baseball player and umpire (1901–1970)}}

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| name = Pop Turner

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| position = Infielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|9|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|2|3|1901|9|11|mf=y}}

| death_place = Durham, North Carolina, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1921

| debutteam = Lincoln Giants

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1932

| finalteam = Chicago American Giants

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| teams =

• Lincoln Giants (1921)
• Brooklyn Royal Giants (1921–1927)
• Hilldale Club (1927)
• Bacharach Giants (1927)
• Homestead Grays (1929)
• Birmingham Black Barons (1930)
• Chicago American Giants (1930)
• Cleveland Cubs (1931)
• Chicago American Giants (1932)

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Elbert Carter Turner (September 11, 1901 – February 3, 1970), nicknamed "Cool" and "Pop", was an American Negro league infielder and umpire, and a college baseball coach at North Carolina College.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Turner attended West Virginia State University, and was the school's starting quarterback. He began his Negro leagues career in 1921 while still in college, using the aliases "J.H. Wagner" and "Bert Wagner" to protect his amateur status. Turner played in the 1927 Colored World Series for the Bacharach Giants.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/year.php?yearID=1927&lgID=WS&tab=bat_basic |title=1927 Season Negro League World Series |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} Following his playing career, he went on to umpire in the Negro National League, and was head coach at North Carolina College.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=turne01coo |title=Cool Turner |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=turner000pop |title=Pop Turner |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} Turner died in Durham, North Carolina in 1970 at age 68.