Not seen anything official on this.

Think the thread should be closed until a formal announcement, if proven correct!

If I've missed it somewhere, apologies!

It's right. I was in the company of his brother tonight and sadly Rocky passed away Friday.

Sad news. The loss of one of Trinity's greatest players.
Condolences to family and friends.
RIP Rocky

RIP to a true Trinity legend.

Ok.

Well in that case, we have lost one of the most iconic individuals ever to be associated with this club. Even the term a legend does not go far enough. Very sad, and made worse by the efforts people made to try and honour his contribution during his life which were constantly rebuffed!

Remember playing Wigan at wembley looked like Wakey was going to get blown away in first ten minutes turner went round all the Wakey side giving them all a good talking to the rest is history captains like him come along once in a life time it was a honour to watch him play

My grandmothers favourite all time player,RIP Rocky and sympothy to the Turner family.

RIP Derek 'Rocky' Turner

I'm not going to say too much about him as a player other than as we all know he was a Wakefield Trinity legend whose name was feared and revered in equal measure all across the rugby league playing world

Derek was the first team coach when I signed professional for Wakefield Trinity and he very much took me under his wing, something which I will always cherish and to be grateful for .

I had occasions over the last 25years or so to meet with Derek and his passion for the game always shone through in the conversations we had. It was a shame that he never accepted the many invitations he had to attend events in his honour but that shouldn't be seen as anything other than his decision to move on after rugby and not let his whole life to be defined by his deeds as a young man.

There are many people who deserve a minutes silence before a game but Derek is amongst the tiny minority of players who would deserve five minutes if it were possible.

I'm sure the club will recognise the significance of Derek Turners passing and I hope the wider Rugby League world do the same, he was one player who genuinely deserves it

The man had that winning mentality that all the greats of any sport have RIP to a Trinity great

I'm a Leeds fan Derek Turner his name "Rocky" says it all .no one got the better of him and he was capt of the greatest club RL side I have ever seen.RIP Derek Turner

RIP rocky a true legend of wakefield trinity.my dad told me many stories about his exploits on the field.a true leader of men will be sadly missed .condolences to his family and friends

Cannot add anything to what has been said.
R.I.P 'Rocky'.

Rip Rocky a great player and captain of a great team

RIP Rocky, as a kid I watched you play for Trin and later was grateful to you for being a winning coach at Cas.

RIP Rocky.
Never had a player/captain of his stature since his retirement. Never will.

I was lucky enough to see him play .

Perhaps one of the greatest players to never publish his biography. Would be great if someone could, it would make a fantastic read.

Rip rocky never saw him play but my dad said he led from the front end off brilliant capt and leader

I don't know if it's apocryphal or genuine, but wasn't there a tale that during the filming of This Sporting Life, the Director asked Rocky to go a bit harder at Richard Harris, to give the scene some verisimilitude - so he clattered Harris, landed him in Pinderfields and shut down filming for the rest of the day?

RIP Derek - very sad news.

Like many on here I was lucky to see turner at his peak ,never above 14stone but as an enforcer as vast man says there was no better when Aussie greats like johnny raper describes him as the hardest player he'd faced. Vasty talks about mal reilley another great loose forward who came under Derek's influence at cas and I can assure you he modelled himself both as a player and a coach on rocky . His pre match team talks Saturday lunchtime in Talbot and falcon were legendery and lads like budgie firth and mal Sampson were ready to face owt better to face a fierce Wigan or saints pack or an unhappy rocky who never looked forward to loosing pay RIP dereck

I remember watching the great man,i can recall the fighting with the aussie tourists I think it was 63/64they won 29-14 neil fox kicked 7 goals,they knew they had been in a game,i recall reading the Yorkshire post when rocky had been dropped by great Britain who went on to get beat,and then was made captain of Yorkshire,who beat the aussies,it was said that rocky told all the Yorkshire team,let me do the rough stuff you play the game,one thing people forget about him he could kick a ball in open play,RIP ROCKY

Have I missed something here - I know the great man has passed but the silence about his passing is deafening!
Perhaps it may be at the request of his family that no public announcement has been made, I don't know but I cannot help thinking if it had been a Wigan or Leeds 'great' we would have had it stuffed down our throat.
Never though that DT got the recognition he deserved, as far as I am concerned his status as a RL player is up at the top.

Quote ="sandaltrinityfan"Have I missed something here - I know the great man has passed but the silence about his passing is deafening! Perhaps it may be at the request of his family that no public announcement has been made, I don't know but I cannot help thinking if it had been a Wigan or Leeds 'great' we would have had it stuffed down our throat. Never though that DT got the recognition he deserved, as far as I am concerned his status as a RL player is up at the top.'" This is dated yesterday on the club's website:- www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... r-obituary

Quote ="sandaltrinityfan"Have I missed something here - I know the great man has passed but the silence about his passing is deafening! Perhaps it may be at the request of his family that no public announcement has been made, I don't know but I cannot help thinking if it had been a Wigan or Leeds 'great' we would have had it stuffed down our throat. Never though that DT got the recognition he deserved, as far as I am concerned his status as a RL player is up at the top.'" This is dated yesterday on the club's website:- www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... r-obituary

Quote ="wildshot"This is dated yesterday on the club's website:- www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... r-obituary'" Thanks - I did miss it!

Quote ="wildshot"This is dated yesterday on the club's website:- www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... r-obituary'" Thanks - I did miss it!

The best loose forward I've ever seen,When I was playing Amateur under 17s rugby in 1957, I used to try and style my game on Rocky. I think he was playing for Oldham then. At that time Whiteley and Karalius were top loose forwards but Rocky Turner was the best. RIP

They included a small note on him on Boots and All too.