Rugby player
| Birth name | James Leslie Allan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1927-07-04)4 July 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melrose, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 February 2013(2013-02-09) (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Galashiels, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Les Allan (4 March 1927 – 9 February 2013) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer. Allan played as a Centre.
Rugby career
Amateur career
Allan played for Melrose.
Provincial career
Allan represented South. He played in the Scottish Inter-District Championship in its debut 1953–54 season.
The next season's campaign in 1954–55 saw South win the championship for the first time in their history. Allan played in South's fixture against Glasgow District, scoring two tries in the match in a South 18-11 win.
International career
He was capped for Scotland four times from 1952 to 1953, all of the caps coming in the Five Nations matches.
References
- "James Leslie Allan". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Les Allan - Test matches".