Allan Hopkins
{{For|those of a similar name|Allen Hopkins (disambiguation)}}
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1904}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Allan Hopkins
| image = Allan Hopkins.jpg
| image_size = 80
| alt =
| caption =
| fullname = Allan Arthur Hopkins
| birth_date = 24 May 1904
| birth_place = Footscray, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|7|2|1904|5|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = Yarrawonga, Victoria
| originalteam = Footscray (VFA)
| height = 175 cm
| weight = 75 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1934
| years1 = 1925–1934
| club1 = Footscray
| games_goals1 = 151 (205)
| years2 = 1935-1940
| club2 = Yarraville Football Club
| games_goals2 = 54 (55)
| games_goalstotal = 205 (260)
| coachyears1 = 1930
| coachclub1 = Footscray
| coachgames_wins1 = 18 (4–14–0)
| careerhighlights = *Footscray captain: 1926, 1929–1930
- McCarthy trophy: 1931
- 2× Footscray leading goalkicker: 1925, 1926
- Victorian representative 17 matches
}}
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
- {{cite book |last=Ross |first=John |title=The Australian Football Hall of Fame |year=1999 |publisher=HarperCollinsPublishers |location=Australia |isbn=0-7322-6426-X | page=77}}
External links
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- {{AustralianFootball|allan+hopkins/4296}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042351/http://prod.www.afl.cfour.com.au/Season2007/Awards/HallofFame/Players/tabid/856/Default.aspx AFL Hall of Fame]
- [https://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Hopkins,_Alan.php]
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Category:Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Brownlow Medal winners
Category:Western Bulldogs players
Category:Western Bulldogs coaches
Category:Yarraville Football Club players
Category:Yarraville Football Club coaches
Category:Footscray Football Club (VFA) players
Category:Charles Sutton Medal winners
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:People from Footscray, Victoria
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