Noel Allanson

Noel Laurence Allanson (born 25 December 1925) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Noel Allanson
Born
Noel Laurence Allanson

(1925-12-25) 25 December 1925
North Carlton, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
Australian rules football career
Personal information
Original team(s) North Essendon
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1947–1951 Essendon 57 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1956–57Victoria
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 1
Runs scored 24
Batting average 24.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 24
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –/–
Catches/stumpings 1

Prior to his sporting career, Allanson served in the Royal Australian Navy during the later stages of World War II and was present in Tokyo Bay in 1945 when the Japanese surrender was signed aboard the United States Navy battleship USS Missouri.[2]

Allanson was an Essendon local and at the end of his debut season played in the 1947 VFL Grand Final.[3] Essendon lost the game but he got another chance to play in a premiership in 1950, this time finishing on the winning team. He was a defender and kicked the only goal of his career at Glenferrie Oval against Hawthorn.

Allanson was vice-president of Essendon Football Club in 1976 and 1977 and treasurer from 1978 to early 1991. He was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2015.[4]

In 1957 he played a first-class cricket match for Victoria against Tasmania and made 24 in his only innings.[5]

See also

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
  3. "CARLTON WIN PREMIERSHIP IN LAST FEW SECONDS". The Argus (31, 537). Victoria, Australia. 29 September 1947. p. 18.
  4. "Hall of Fame: Noel Allanson". Essendon FC. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. "ALLANSON GETS HIS BIG CHANCE". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 14 January 1957. p. 15.
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