Allen Solomon Burns (31 August 1870 – 8 November 1925) was an
Australian rules footballer who played for the
South Melbourne Football Club in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ...
(VFL).
Born in the small
Victoria town of
Steiglitz, Burns often played on the half-forward line, and was noted for kicking goals from quite acute angles. He was the leading goalkicker for South Melbourne in 1894.
He was the younger brother of
Peter Burns a legend of the game who played with South Melbourne and Geelong. In a VFA match in 1896 where the brothers were in rival teams, Allen made a significant contribution towards South's victory over Geelong.
Allen Burns died in
South Melbourne
South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip Local government ...
at the age of 55.
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1870 births
1925 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Sydney Swans players
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