| Birth name | Arthur Stephen Turk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 January 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cresswell, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 August 2005 (aged 57) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Langholm, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Turk (9 January 1948 - 25 August 2005) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
He joined the Army, and played for Army Rugby Union; and stationed at Catterick then turned out for Harrogate.
He played for South of Scotland District as a full back in all three matches of their 1970–71 Scottish Inter-District Championship season campaign. The South won every match and finished that season as champions, with Turk the top scorer for the season with 24 points.[3]
On moving to Catterick with the army, he then played for Yorkshire county.[4]
He was capped by Scotland just the once, against England in 1971, coming on as a replacement at Centre.[5] Scotland won the match, their first win at Twickenham since 1938.[3]
Turk died on the 25 August 2005 after a long illness.[6]