Allan Hopkins

Allan Hopkins
Personal information
Full name	Allan Arthur Hopkins
Date of birth	24 May 1904
Place of birth	Footscray, Victoria
Date of death	2 July 2001(2001-07-02) (aged 97)
Place of death	Yarrawonga, Victoria
Original team(s)	Footscray (VFA)
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1925–1934	Footscray	151 (205)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1930	Footscray	18 (4–14–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Career highlights
Footscray captain: 1926, 1929–1930 McCarthy trophy: 1931 2× Footscray leading goalkicker: 1925, 1926 Victorian representative 17 matches
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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 would die aged 97 in 2001 at the time he was the oldest recorded player in the games history later being surpassed by Carlton's Keith Rae who lived to be 104

References

• Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 77. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.

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