Dick Allman

Dick Allman

Personal information
Full name	Messina Wilson Allman
Date of birth	1883
Place of birth	Burslem, England
Date of death	1943 (aged 59–60)
Place of death	Croydon, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Burslem Park Boys
	Burslem Higherhave
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1903–1905	Burslem Port Vale	35	(11)
1905–1907	Reading	61	(17)
1907	Portsmouth	1	(0)
1907–1908	Plymouth Argyle	21	(7)
1908	Stoke	0	(0)
1908–1909	Liverpool	1	(0)
1909	Wrexham	0	(0)
1909	Grantham	0	(0)
1910	Ton Pentre	0	(0)
1911–1912	Leicester Fosse	7	(3)
1912–1916	Croydon Common	79	(21)
Total		205	(59)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Messina Wilson "Dick" Allman (1883–1943) was an English footballer.

Playing career

Allman signed for Burslem Port Vale in April 1903, during his first season with the club he was not a regular, but was the club's top scorer in the 1904–05 season with eight goals. He made 38 appearances (35 in the league) for the club and scored 11 league goals before signing for Reading in May 1905. He later played for Portsmouth, Plymouth Argyle,^[1] Stoke, Liverpool, Wrexham, Grantham, Ton Pentre, Leicester Fosse and Croydon Common, as well as guesting for Arsenal during World War I.^[2] He was the last player to score a goal for Croydon Common.

Honours

with Portsmouth

• Southern Football League runner-up: 1906–07

with Wrexham

• Welsh Cup winner: 1910

References

1. ^ "Player's Career Records - A". Greens on Screen. http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/sv-players-a.asp. Retrieved 2009-02-15. 
2. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 6. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200. 

External links

• Profile at Croydon Common

Persondata
Name	Allman, Dick
Alternative names	Messina Wilson Allman
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	1883
Place of birth	Burslem, England
Date of death	1943
Place of death	Croydon, England