Craig Turley (born 24 August 1965) is a retired
Australian rules footballer who played with
West Coast in the
Australian Football League (AFL) during the early 1990s.
Turley had his best season in 1991 where he finished second behind
Jim Stynes
James Stynes OAM (23 April 196620 March 2012) was an Irish-born footballer who converted from Gaelic football to Australian rules football. Playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), he went on to becom ...
in the
Brownlow Medal
The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...
count, and won his club's
best and fairest
In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
. He was also included in the
All-Australian
The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-performed players during the season, led by ...
team.
In 1996 he was named at the half forward line in the Eagles' official 'Team of the Decade'.
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1965 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
West Coast Eagles players
West Coast Eagles Premiership players
Melbourne Football Club players
West Perth Football Club players
All-Australians (AFL)
John Worsfold Medal winners
Western Australian State of Origin players
One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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