Allan Towell Explained

Allan Towell
Birth Name:Allan Clark Towell
Birth Date:7 March 1925
Birth Place:Middlesbrough, England
Death Place:Frechen, Köln, Germany
Ru Position:Centre
Ru Clubyears:1947 - 50
Ru Proclubs:Leicester Tigers
Bedford Blues
Ru Clubcaps:93
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Ru Clubpoints:(52)
Ru Nationalyears:1948 - 51
Ru Nationalcaps:2
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)

Allan Clark Towell (7 March 1925 – 6 March 1997)[1] [2] was a rugby union centre who played twice for between 1948 - 51. He played his club rugby for Leicester Tigers and Bedford Blues.

Towell made his Leicester Tigers debut on 6 September 1947 against Bedford at Welford Road, scoring a try in a 22-3 win. Towell featured regularly for Leicester at fly-half and centre in the 1947 - 48 & 1948 - 49 seasons playing 60 of the club's 75 games. Towell was named as Leicester's captain for the 1949 - 50 season where he experimented by playing himself at flanker.[3]

Towell made his international debut for on 29 March 1948 against at Stade Colombes in a 15-0 defeat.[4] He played one further match in 1951 against at Twickenham.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Farmer. Stuart . Hands . David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. 978-0-9930213-0-5. 429.
  2. Web site: Allan Towell. ESPNscrum. 6 March 2020.
  3. Book: Farmer. Stuart . Hands . David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. 978-0-9930213-0-5. 120.
  4. Web site: France (3) 15 - 0 (0) England (FT). ESPNscrum. 10 November 2017.
  5. Web site: England (5) 5 - 3 (0) Scotland (FT). ESPNscrum. 10 November 2017.