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Jack Allan
Personal information
Date of birth 28 December 1886
Place of birth Wallsend, England
Date of death 4 May 1919(1919-05-04) (aged 32)
Place of death Wallsend, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wallsend
1907 Sunderland 0 (0)
1908–1911 Newcastle United 15 (5)
1911–1912 West Bromwich Albion 19 (4)
1912–1914 Nottingham Forest 22 (3)
Worcester City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stanley James E. "Jack" Allan (28 December 1886 – 4 May 1919) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest as a forward.

Personal life

Allan attended College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham between 1906 and 1908 and during that time, he worked as a physical education teacher at a school in Wallsend. He later taught physical education at the Higher Grade School in Stockton-on-Tees. Allan married in 1915 and had two children. He served as a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War and served on the Western Front from May 1918 through the April 1919, after the war. While home on demobilisation leave in May 1919, Allan died of a combination of Spanish flu and pneumonia and he was buried in Church Bank Cemetery, Wallsend.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newcastle United 1908–09 First Division 9 5 0 0 1 0 10 5
1909–10 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
1910–11 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Total 15 5 0 0 1 0 16 5
West Bromwich Albion 1911–12 First Division 19 4 1 0 — 20 4
Nottingham Forest 1912–13 Second Division 16 2 0 0 — 16 2
1913–14 6 1 0 0 — 6 1
Total 22 3 0 0 — 22 3
Career total 56 12 1 0 1 0 58 12
  1. Appearance in FA Charity Shield

Honours

Newcastle United

References

  1. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Stanley James E "Jack" Allan". toon1892. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. Dykes, Garth (2017). Nottingham Forest FC Who's Who 1892–1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 5. ISBN 978-1911376071.
  4. "To The Glory of God". Newcastle United Football Club. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Allan, J.S." Universities at War. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Jack Allan". 11v11.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  7. "Season Archive : Player Stats – 1911/12". Albion Till We Die – An Independent West Bromwich Albion Website. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Stanley Allan". The City Ground. Retrieved 14 July 2019.


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