Allan Hopkins
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| Full name | Allan Arthur Hopkins | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1904 | ||
| Place of birth | Footscray, Victoria | ||
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| Place of death | Yarrawonga, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Footscray (VFA) | ||
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Allan Hopkins (24 May 1904 – 2 July 2001) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.
Football
He started off his career with Footscray Football Club before they joined the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1925. He had played in the club's 1923 and 1924 premiership sides in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
A brilliant centreman, he was awarded the Brownlow Medal retrospectively in 1989 for the 1930 season while playing with the Footscray Bulldogs, and won the Bulldogs' best and fairest in 1931.
He went on to win the VFA premiership with Yarraville Football Club in 1935 as captain-coach.He would die aged 97 in 2001 at the time he was the oldest recorded player in the games history later being surpassed by Carlton's Keith Rae who lived to be 104
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- Allan Hopkins's profile from AustralianFootball.com
- AFL Hall of Fame
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