Allan Davis (footballer) explained

Allan Davis
Birth Date:29 September 1948
Originalteam:East Sandringham
Height:180 cm
Weight:77 kg
Statsend:1980
Years1:1966–1975
Club1:St Kilda
Games Goals1:173 (308)
Years2:1976–1977
Club2:Melbourne
Games Goals2:41 (36)
Years3:1978–1979
Club3:Essendon
Games Goals3:33 (27)
Years4:1980
Club4:Collingwood
Games Goals4:3 (1)
Games Goalstotal:250 (372)
Coachyears1:1987
Coachclub1:St Kilda
Coachgames Wins1:4 (2–2–0)
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Allan Davis (born 29 September 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played as a forward and topped the club's goalkicking charts in 1971 and 1973.

Davis was the youngest member of the Saints' 1966 grand final win. On leaving the Saints in 1976 (after 173 VFL games for 303 goals) he had stints with Melbourne (41 games for 36 goals), Essendon (33 games for 27 goals) and Collingwood (3 games for 1 goal).

He later played in Tasmania with Latrobe in the North Western Football Union, and served as caretaker coach of the Saints for the last four games of 1987 after Darrel Baldock suffered a minor stroke.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Silver. Harvey. Baldock Ill: Coaching Future in Doubt. The Age. 7 August 1987. 32.