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 ? |
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]