Lloyd Turner

James Lloyd Turner (August 9, 1884 in Elmvale, Ontario – April 7, 1976) was a Canadian sports promoter who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958 as a builder. Turner was known primarily for constructing arenas, organizing hockey teams and leagues, and contributing significantly to the popularity of the Allan Cup.

Career

Turner's first real experience with hockey began in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He played on an amateur team with his three brothers. In his spare time, he worked at the local rink, managing it and making its ice. Despite becoming involved in hockey, Turner was still primarily a baseball player. When he moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1907, Turner played as the catcher for the team in Calgary, where he was the only non-American player in the Western Canada Baseball League. However, this is where his reputation as a hockey promoter grew.

At the time, hockey was still young throughout Western Canada, and one of his primary goals was to help establish the game. He met the task by converting a roller skating rink to a hockey rink, and followed through by establishing a team and league. When the arena burned down in 1915, he built a nearby outdoor facility so the team would not have to stop playing.

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Lloyd Turner (journalist)

Lloyd Turner (2 October 1938 – 12 September 1996) was a newspaper editor in the United Kingdom.

Born in Australia, Turner worked on the Newcastle Morning Herald before moving to England to work as a journalist at the Manchester Evening News. He subsequently relocated to London to work on the Daily Express, where he became Father of the Chapel of the newspaper's National Union of Journalists. During this period, he founded the "84 Club", a drinking club, with Peter Tory.

After working for many years as chief sub editor of the Express, Turner was appointed editor of its stablemate, the Daily Star. He increased its sales, at the expense of the Daily Mirror, but was sacked in 1987 after being convicted of libelling Jeffrey Archer, by claiming that he had had sex with prostitute Monica Coghlan. Archer was awarded a then-record £500,000 in damages but, in 2001, Archer was convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice at the 1987 trial, and was imprisoned.

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