Noel Allanson
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Noel Laurence Allanson 25 December 1925 North Carlton, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1956–57 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Noel Laurence Allanson (born 25 December 1925) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[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.
In 1957 he played a first-class cricket match for Victoria against Tasmania and made 24 in his only innings.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
- ↑ "CARLTON WIN PREMIERSHIP IN LAST FEW SECONDS". The Argus (31, 537). Victoria, Australia. 29 September 1947. p. 18.
- ↑ "ALLANSON GETS HIS BIG CHANCE". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 14 January 1957. p. 15.
External links
- Noel Allanson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Noel Allanson at ESPNcricinfo
- CricketArchive: Noel Allanson