Jack Allan | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Alexander John Travers Allan |
Nickname | Jack |
Born | Portland, Dorset, England | 17 November 1875
Died | 3 March 1898 Edinburgh, Scotland | (aged 22)
Sporting nationality | Scotland |
Career | |
Status | Amateur |
British Amateur | Won: 1897 |
Alexander John Travers Allan MB ChB known generally as Jack Allan (17 November 1875 – 3 March 1898 [1]) [2] was a Scottish amateur golfer who won the British Amateur Championship in 1897 at Muirfield. [3]
Allan was born on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, [4] the son of Margaret Bird Munro and Surgeon Colonel Alexander Allan (1836–1892), a Scottish surgeon working there in the Royal Navy Hospital.
He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and had graduated MBChB. While studying for his full qualification as a doctor (MD), and was probably undergoing practical training at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, when he contracted tuberculosis.
He died in Edinburgh of tuberculosis at the age of 22. [1] [5] [6] He is buried in the southern section of Morningside Cemetery. His parents are buried opposite.
Year | Championship | Winning score | Runner-up |
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1897 | The Amateur Championship | 4 & 2 | James Robb |
This was Allan's only appearance in the Amateur Championship.