J. T. Turner

American football player (born 1953)

American football player

J. T. Turner
No. 68, 60
Position:	Guard
Personal information
Born:	(1953-04-17) April 17, 1953 (age 70) Moultrie, Georgia
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	253 lb (115 kg)
Career information
High school:	Benjamin Franklin
College:	Duke
Undrafted:	1975
Career history
Kansas City Chiefs (1975)* New York Giants (1977–1983) Washington Redskins (1984)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

James Denis Turner (born April 17, 1953) is a former American Football guard in the National Football League for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Duke University before joining the Charlotte Hornets in the World Football League in 1975 as a defensive tackle and, in 1985, the Jacksonville Bulls of the United States Football League.

Turner played the role of the Even Bigger Black Guy in the movie Trading Places (1983), which starred Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. His character repeatedly utters the word 'Yeah' in a tone described by The New York Times as 'deeper than deep' to Billy Ray Valentine, played by Murphy, while imprisoned in a jail cell.^[1]

References

^ Moran, Malcolm. "Players; J.T. Turner Adopts New Role For A Film", The New York Times, June 11, 1983. Accessed December 31, 2021. "At the end of the New York premiere of the comedy Trading Places this week, Turner was credited with portraying a character identified only as 'Even Bigger Black Guy.'... The feelings are punctuated by Turner, the even bigger black guy, who following each threat, says: 'Yeah.' The voice, deeper than deep, seems to erupt from somewhere around his belly button."