Maurice Allingham

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2012}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Maurice Allingham

| image = File:MauriceWilliamAllinghamFootballer1931.jpg

| fullname = Maurice William Allingham

| nickname =Maurie

| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|08|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Glanville, South Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|09|15|1896|08|19|df=y}}

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| position = Forward

| years1 = 1920–1931

| club1 = Port Adelaide

| games_goals1 = 158 (166)

| statsend = 1931

| careerhighlights =

• {{AFL Por}} premiership player (1928){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58566841 |title=Port Adelaide Win League Football Premiership from Norwood. |newspaper=The Mail |location=Adelaide |date=6 October 1928 |access-date=20 June 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• {{AFL Por}} best and fairest (1931)
• 4× {{AFL Por}} leading goalkicker (1921, 1922, 1923, 1924)

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Maurice William Allingham (19 August 1896 – 15 September 1993) was an Australian rules footballer from South Australia. He was the Port Adelaide Football Club's leading goal kicker on four occasions and won the club's best and fairest in 1931.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73854464 |title=Allingham wins medal |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=5 February 1932 |access-date=29 June 2014 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}} He enlisted for duty during World War I on 16 February 1917 and was part of the 5th Machine Gun Battalion. He returned to Australia on 5 July 1919 and was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal for his duties.{{cite web|url=https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=3649|title=The AIF Project. Maurice William Allingham|website=aif.adfa.edu.au|access-date=27 May 2023}}