the Appleton Post-Crescent. From 1915 to 1930, Turnbull was the business manager and treasurer of the Green Bay Newspaper Company. His business partner John Kline passed away in 1930; Turnbull took over his role as general manager. He would hold this position until 1953, while also serving as the executive vice president. In 1954, he became the president of the Green Bay Newspaper Company after Victor Minahan died. He decreased his day-to-day management of the company in 1950s and 1960s due to poor health, but retained his ownership shares until his death. Green Bay Packers Turnbull was an early fan of the Green Bay Packers and was acquainted with its two founders, Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun. Calhoun worked with Turnbull as an editor for the Press-Gazette. His newspaper has also been recognized for playing an essential role in the early development of the team. Since the Packers were a small-town team, they relied on local businessmen and civic leaders for support. One of the first recorded interactions between Turnbull and the Packers came in 1922. The Packers were set to play a team from Duluth, Minnesota on Thanksgiving; however, 12 straight hours of rain threatened to cancel it. If the game was cancelled, the Packers would have still needed to pay the Duluth team, which without any tickets sales or other financing would have bankrupted the team. Lambeau, Calhoun, and other team leaders met in the Press-Gazette building to discuss what should be done. Turnbull happened to stop by the building and was quickly brought into the group to make a decision. Turnbull convinced the Packers to play the game, even though they would lose a significant amount of money, by promising to rally local business leaders to support the team. Turnbull fulfilled his promise, organizing a stock sale that raised $5,500 and converted the Packers into a publicly owned, non-profit football team. In 1923, Turnbull was elected to lead the new publicly owned Green Bay Football Corporation as its first president. Turnbull served as president of the corporation until 1928 and was on the board of directors until 1949. His primary contribution as president was helping to keep the Packers in Green Bay during a time when the National Football League (NFL) was paring its member teams down to those located in large cities. Turnbull represented the Packers at NFL meetings and was appointed to a committee