Bill Allan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Allan | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1870 | ||
| Place of birth | Montrose, Scotland[1] | ||
| Date of death | 1948 (aged 77–78) | ||
| Place of death | Newcastle upon Tyne, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Montrose | |||
| Orion | |||
| 1890–1891 | Victoria United | ||
| 1891–1896 | Sheffield Wednesday | 102 | (0) |
| 1897–1898 | Victoria United | ||
| 1898–1899 | Millwall Athletic | ||
| 1899–1900 | Montrose | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Allan (26 August 1870 – 1948) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the English Football League for Sheffield Wednesday.[2] He was the Owls regular goalkeeper for their first three seasons in the league, but lost his place to Jimmy Massey and took no part in the winning run to the 1895–96 FA Cup, having already departed at the start of 1896.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian.
- ^ *Joyce, Michael: "The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939 " (ISBN 1899468676).
- ^ Bill Allan, The Sheffield Wednesday Archive
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Categories:
- Scottish men's footballers
- 1870 births
- 1948 deaths
- Footballers from Angus, Scotland
- Sportspeople from Montrose, Angus
- Victoria United F.C. (Scotland) players
- Orion F.C. players
- Montrose F.C. players
- Millwall F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Scottish football goalkeeper stubs