 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Turner akatamba nhabvu yekoreji senzvimbo paHardin-Simmons University kubva muna 1937 kusvika muna 1939 uye akasarudzwa seAll-American muna 1939. Mushure mekusarudzwa neChicago Bears mumutambo wekutanga we1940 NFL Draft, akatamba nhabvu yehunyanzvi yeBears, kunyanya senzvimbo yekurwisa uye linebacker pakudzivirira, kwemakore gumi nematatu kubva muna 1940 kusvika muna 1952. Akasarudzwa sechikwata chekutanga All-Pro kasere 19401944, 19461948 uye aive nhengo yezvikwata zveBears zvakakunda NFL makwikwi muna 1940, 1941, 1943, uye 1946. 