| Jack Allan | |
| Fullname: | Alexander John Travers Allan |
| Nickname: | Jack |
| Birth Date: | 17 November 1875 |
| Birth Place: | Portland, Dorset, England |
| Death Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Status: | Amateur |
| Majorwins: | 1 |
| Britamateur: | Won: 1897 |
Alexander John Travers Allan MB ChB known generally as Jack Allan (17 November 1875 – 3 March 1898[1])[2] was a Scottish amateur golfer who won the British Amateur Championship in 1897 at Muirfield.[3]
Allan was born on the Isle of Portland in Dorset,[4] the son of Margaret Bird Munro and Surgeon Colonel Alexander Allan (1836–1892), a Scottish surgeon working there in the Royal Navy Hospital.
He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and had graduated MBChB. While studying for his full qualification as a doctor (MD), and was probably undergoing practical training at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, when he contracted tuberculosis.
He died in Edinburgh of tuberculosis at the age of 22.[1] [5] [6] He is buried in the southern section of Morningside Cemetery. His parents are buried opposite.
This was Allan's only appearance in the Amateur Championship.