Sad news indeed. The words Legend and Great are often mis-used these days, but not when referring to Derek Turner.

I was one of those fortunate kids watching the 60s teams i can honestly say i have not seen a better leader since and i remember him delivering a 3 piece suite to our house and him and his mate were to take a big black sideboard away when they picked it up it was really heavy, he turned to my mam and said " bloody hell misses have you got your old man in hear". a truly great player and will be greatly missed. RIP ROCKY.

I'm lucky enough to talk to the stars of that time a lot and they talk about him being a tough leader who had the respect of all his opponents.

Gobsmacked. RIP DT

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