Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stanley James E. Allan [1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 December 1886 | ||
Place of birth | Wallsend, England | ||
Date of death | 4 May 1919[2] | (aged 32)||
Place of death | Wallsend, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1] | ||
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. 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. [3] [4]
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. [5] He later taught physical education at the Higher Grade School in Stockton-on-Tees. [5] Allan married in 1915 and had two children. [5] 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. [5] 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. [5] [2]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Newcastle United | 1908–09 [6] | First Division | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 10 | 5 |
1909–10 [6] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
1910–11 [6] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | ||
West Bromwich Albion | 1911–12 [7] | First Division | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | |
Nottingham Forest | 1912–13 [8] | Second Division | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 2 | |
1913–14 [8] | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |||
Total | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | |||
Career total | 56 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 12 |
Newcastle United