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| Footscray | Allan Hopkins | Footscray | ||
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Footscray Western Bulldogs Red white and Blue |
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24 May 1904 | |||
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1925 to 1934 | |||
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Senior Games: |
151 | |||
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187 | |||
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Footscray | |||
| Honours: | Brownlow Medal 1930. Runner up Brownlow Medal in 1929 and 1931. Team of the Century, Member of Footscray FC Association side. Best and Fairest 1931. Victorian State Representative 20 times. Best All-Round Victorian Player 1930 Adelaide Carnival. Captain 1926 and 1929. Captain-coach 1930. Grand Final 1924 (2 goals). leading Goalkicker 1925 and 1926. | |||
| 'Hoppy', or 'Banana Legs' the bandy-legged Hopkins was one of the cleverest and most brilliant centremen in the history of the game. A feature of his play was the clever side-stepping and eel-like wriggling out of the crunches. He was a marvellous kick and once kicked a goal from near the centre circle at the Western Oval. He was deceptively quick and clever. |
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His father, Con Hopkins was the curator at the Footscray oval and young Allan soon got to know every square inch of the ground, playing on it during the day and night and living within a stone's throw at night. |
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| Western Bulldogs | He made his debut against Prahran in 1923 | |||
| Coached Yarraville in 1935. | ||||
| He had a real love for cricket and was a great batsman especially for the Footscray seconds. He later became an umpire. Died July 2 2001 at age 97. | ||||
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