George Allan was a Scottish

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who played for Leven Thistle,

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and

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, as a

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. Allan joined Partick from Leven Thistle on 22 December 1897. He made his debut against Heart of Midlothian in a 6–2 loss on 25 December the same year. He played his final game for the club on 3 May 1899 in a 4–0 loss against Queen's Park in the Glasgow League. Overall, he made at least 22 appearances and scored 6 goals for the club in all competitions (11 and 6 in the

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). Allan then joined Hamilton, making his ''Accies'' debut on 16 September 1899 at home in a friendly against the Kaffirs from Transvaal. Overall, he made 31 appearances for Hamilton (21 in the league) across two seasons, and did not score.

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