Bio:
Anne Turnbull, 71, a four-sport athlete originally from St. John, N.B., who resides in Kingston, Ont.
Turnbull transferred to McGill from the Maritimes in 1952 and competed for three years, culminating with the Muriel Roscoe Award in 1954-55 as the top graduating McGill female athlete.
At McGill, she captained the basketball, soccer, archery and sailing teams between 1952 and 1955.
She established a McGill women’s basketball record with 44 points in an inter-city game, won the 1955 WIAU league scoring title in archery and also received intramural champion letters in six sports, including swimming, rifle shooting and badminton. She served on the McGill Women’s Sports Athletics Association for three years. In 1965, she became the first woman in Canada to receive national coaching certification in cross-country skiing.
In 1991, Turnbull was a co-recipient of the OUA’s Honour Award, presented to an administrator for contribution to university sport in addition to reflecting outstanding ethics, integrity and honesty. Turnbull went on to a long coaching and administrative career at Queen’s University and was elected to the Queen's Coaching Hall of Fame in 2003.
Anne Turnbull, a four-sport athlete originally from St. John, N.B., who transferred to McGill from the Maritimes in 1952 and competed for three years, culminating with the Muriel Roscoe Award in 1954-55 as the top graduating McGill female athlete.
She established a McGill women's basketball record with 44 points in an inter-city game, won the 1955 WIAU league scoring title in archery and also received intramural champion letters in six sports, including swimming, rifle shooting and badminton.
She served on the McGill Women's Sports Athletics Association for three years. In 1965, she became the first woman in Canada to receive national coaching certification in cross-country skiing.
In 1991, Turnbull was a co-recipient of the OUA's Honour Award, presented to an administrator for contribution to university sport in addition to reflecting outstanding ethics, integrity and honesty. Turnbull went on to a long coaching and administrative career at Queen's University and was elected to the Queen's Coaching Hall of Fame in 2003.
Honours
Muriel Roscoe Trophy (1954-55)
Won the Roscoe Trophy in 1954-55 for proficiency and leadership in athletics.
