Allan Hopkins

For those of a similar name, see Allen Hopkins (disambiguation).
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/Weight 175 cm / 75 kg
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 season.
Career highlights
  • Footscray captain 1926, 1929
  • Footscray best and fairest 1931
  • 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. 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.

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