Jack Allan (footballer, born 1886) explained

Jack Allan
Fullname:	Stanley James E. Allan^[1]
Birth Date:	28 December 1886
Birth Place:	Wallsend, England
Height:	5ft 9in
Position:	Forward
Clubs1:	Wallsend
Years2:	1907
Clubs2:	Sunderland
Caps2:	0
Goals2:	0
Years3:	1908–1911
Clubs3:	Newcastle United
Caps3:	15
Goals3:	5
Years4:	1911–1912
Clubs4:	West Bromwich Albion
Caps4:	19
Goals4:	4
Years5:	1912–1914
Clubs5:	Nottingham Forest
Caps5:	22
Goals5:	3
Clubs6:	Worcester City
Death Place:	Wallsend, England

Stanley James E. Allan (28 December 1886 – 4 May 1919) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest as a forward.^{[2] [3]}

Personal life

Allan attended College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham between 1906 and 1908 and during that time, he worked as a physical education teacher at a school in Wallsend.^[4] He later taught physical education at the Higher Grade School in Stockton-on-Tees. Allan married in 1915 and had two children. He served as a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War and served on the Western Front from May 1918 through the April 1919, after the war. While home on demobilisation leave in May 1919, Allan died of a combination of Spanish flu and pneumonia and he was buried in Church Bank Cemetery, Wallsend.

Career statistics

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Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Newcastle United	1908–09^[5]	First Division	9	5	0	0	1^[6]	0	10	5
	1909–10		4	0	0	0	—		4	0
	1910–11		2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		15	5	0	0	1	0	16	5
West Bromwich Albion	1911–12^[7]	First Division	19	4	1	0	—		20	4
Nottingham Forest	1912–13^[8]	Second Division	16	2	0	0	—		16	2
	1913–14		6	1	0	0	—		6	1
	Total		22	3	0	0	—		22	3
Career total			56	12	1	0	1	0	58	12

1. Web site: Stanley James E "Jack" Allan . 30 August 2020 . toon1892.
2. Book: Dykes, Garth . Nottingham Forest FC Who's Who 1892–1939 . Tony Brown . 2017 . 978-1911376071 . Nottingham . 5.
3. Web site: To The Glory of God . 8 March 2019 . Newcastle United Football Club . en.
4. Web site: Allan, J.S. . 5 December 2021 . Universities at War.
5. Web site: Jack Allan . 8 March 2019 . 11v11.com.
6. Appearance in FA Charity Shield
7. Web site: Season Archive : Player Stats – 1911/12 . 8 March 2019 . Albion Till We Die – An Independent West Bromwich Albion Website.
8. Web site: Stanley Allan . 14 July 2019 . The City Ground.

Honours

Newcastle United

• FA Charity Shield: 1909