Barry Allan (born 26 September 1942) is a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
North Melbourne in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Allan, who was recruited from
Beaconsfield
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in the
South West Gippsland Football League
The South East Football Netball League was an Australian rules football competition, containing teams near the south eastern region of Victoria, Australia. The 8 teams were all part of the Casey Cardinia division of the Mornington Peninsula ...
, is the son of 1940s North Melbourne player
Ron Allan
Ronald David Allan (3 March 1924 – 21 May 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Career
Allan, a utility from West Melbourne, played with the North Melbourne seconds d ...
. He made his senior VFL debut in round four 1962. During his first couple of seasons he played mostly reserves football before becoming a regular senior player.
A
ruckman, Allan played 61 league games for North Melbourne, from 1962 to 1967.
He had been appointed captain-coach of Pakenham in 1966, but North Melbourne refused to clear him.
['' The Age'']
"Pakenham still seeks coach"
8 June 1966, p. 1
References
1942 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
North Melbourne Football Club players
Living people
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