Angus J. "Bones" Allen (September 12, 1881 – June 28, 1941) was a

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and

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player in the early 1900s. He was a member of the

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team which won the

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from 1904 until 1906. Allen played in the Stanley Cup series versus Dawson City in 1905. Allen died in

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, British Columbia in 1941 after a short illness, aged 59, and was buried at Ocean View Cemetery in

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, British Columbia. He was survived by his wife and four daughters.

Playing career

Born in

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, Angus became a member of the Cornwall Hockey Club in 1901. He played for the club for three seasons, in the Southern Ontario Hockey Association and in the first year of the

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(FAHL) in 1903–04. In 1904–05, he joined the Ottawa Hockey Club during its reign as Stanley Cup champions. He played for Ottawa only that one season. At the time, professional lacrosse paid better than ice hockey, so he concentrated on his lacrosse career. He did play one more season of ice hockey for the Cornwall Hockey Club in 1908–09 in the

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Lacrosse career

Allen began playing senior lacrosse in Ontario, ca. 1898–99 for the

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. In 1908 he went west on tour with the Ottawa team and then stayed afterwards in Vancouver. He played professional lacrosse with the

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between 1909 and 1915. He went overseas after the 1913 season but returned in 1915 for one final season with Vancouver. In six seasons (1909–1913; 1915) with Vancouver, he played in 56 games and scored a total of 38 goals. He was primarily a 'home' (midfield) player but halfway through his final season he moved up to the 'outside home' position on the attack. Allen was inducted into the

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as a field player in 1966.

References

''Professional Field Lacrosse in British Columbia 1908-1924''Angus ‘Bones’ Allen's lacrosse bio at ''Old School Lacrosse''

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allan, Bones 1881 births 1941 deaths Canadian ice hockey defencemen Canadian lacrosse players Ice hockey people from Ontario Lacrosse people from Ontario Ottawa Senators (original) players Sportspeople from Cornwall, Ontario Stanley Cup champions