Jock Allan (rugby union)
{{short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}
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| birth_name = John White Allan
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1905|06|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Melrose, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age |1958|12|29|1905|06|04|df=y}}
| death_place = Melrose, Scotland
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| ru_province = South of Scotland District
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| ru_nationalyears = 1927-34
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Jock Allan (4 June 1905 – 29 December 1958) was a Scotland international rugby union player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/3402.html|title=John White Allan|website=ESPN scrum}} He was the first married man to play for the Scotland side.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19340222/075/0004 |title=Register |access-date=March 17, 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
Rugby Union career
=Amateur career=
Allan played for Melrose.
He was in the Melrose 7s side that won the Melrose Sevens in 1931.
=Provincial career=
He played in the South of Scotland District versus North of Scotland District match of 1931.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19311123/172/0010 |title=Register |access-date=March 17, 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
By 1933 he was dropped by the South of Scotland District side; their team that season were underdogs to beat the North of Scotland District side.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19331115/105/0009 |title=Register |access-date=March 17, 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
=International career=
He was capped 17 times for Scotland from 1927 to 1934.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/3402.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jock Allan - Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}
He made headlines in his cap against Ireland on 24 February 1934 – he was the first married man to play for Scotland.