Australian rules footballer
| Allan Hopkins | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Allan Arthur Hopkins | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1904 | ||
| Place of birth | Footscray, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 2 July 2001(2001-07-02) (aged 97) | ||
| Place of death | Yarrawonga, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Footscray (VFA) | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1925–1934 | Footscray | 151 (205) | |
| 1935-1940 | Yarraville Football Club | 54 (55) | |
| Total | 205 (260) | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1930 | Footscray | 18 (4–14–0) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Allan Hopkins (24 May 1904 – 2 July 2001) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.
Football
He started off his career with Footscray Football Club before they joined the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1925. He had played in the club's 1923 and 1924 premiership sides in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
A brilliant centreman, he was awarded the Brownlow Medal retrospectively in 1989 for the 1930 season while playing with the Footscray Bulldogs, and won the Bulldogs' best and fairest in 1931.
He went on to win the VFA premiership with Yarraville Football Club in 1935 as captain-coach. He died aged 97 in 2001. At that time he was the oldest player in the game's history, but was later surpassed by Carlton's Keith Rae who lived to 104.
References
- Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 77. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
External links
- Allan Hopkins at AustralianFootball.com
- AFL Hall of Fame
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- 1904 births
- 2001 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
- Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
- Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Brownlow Medal winners
- Western Bulldogs players
- Western Bulldogs coaches
- Yarraville Football Club players
- Yarraville Football Club coaches
- Footscray Football Club (VFA) players
- Charles Sutton Medal winners
- People from Footscray, Victoria
- Australian rules biography, 1904 birth stubs