Allan Hopkins

For those of a similar name, see Allen Hopkins (disambiguation).

Allan Hopkins
Personal information

Birth	24 May 1904
Recruited from	Footscray (VFA)
Height and weight	175 cm / 75 kg
Death	24 May 2001(2001-05-24) (aged 97), Yarrawonga
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Footscray (1925–34) 151 games, 205 goals
Coaching career¹
Team(s)	Footscray (1930) 18 games, 4 wins, 14 losses
¹ Statistics to end of 1934 season

Allan Hopkins (24 May 1904 – 2 July 2001) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League. 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.

Career highlights

Playing career:

Footscray 1925–1934 (Games: 151 Goals: 205)

Player honors:

Footscray 151 games, 187 goals
Footscray captain 1926, 1929
Footscray captain-coach 1930
Footscray best and fairest 1931
Footscray leading goalkicker 1925, 1926
"Champion of Australia" 1930
Victorian representative 17 matches

Coaching record:

Footscray 1930 (18 games, 4 wins 4, 14 losses)

References

Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 77. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
AFL Hall of Fame
Full Points Footy Biography: Allan Hopkins

Captains of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

1925: McCarthy • 1926: McCarthy/Hopkins • 1927–1928: Scanlan • 1929–1930: Hopkins • 1931–1932: Cubbins • 1933: McAlpine • 1934: Cubbins/Morrison • 1935: Morrison • 1936: Penberthy • 1937: Dockendorff/Morrison • 1938–1939: Evans • 1940–1942: Ware • 1943–1946: Olliver • 1947: Hickey • 1948–1950: Olliver • 1951–1955: Sutton • 1956: Sutton/Donald • 1957: Stevens/Whitten • 1958–1969: Whitten • 1970: Whitten/Magee • 1971–1972: Dempsey • 1973: Thorpe • 1974–1976: Sandilands • 1977–1978: Dempsey • 1979–1981: Jennings • 1982: Templeton • 1983–1985: Edmond • 1986–1988: Kennedy • 1989: Wallis • 1990–1993: Hawkins • 1994–2000: Wynd • 2001–2004: Grant • 2005–2006: Darcy • 2007–2010: Johnson • 2011–: Boyd

Coaches of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

1925: McCarthy • 1926: Saunders • 1926: Cassidy • 1927–1928: Scanlan • 1929: Eason • 1930: Hopkins • 1931–1933: Cubbins • 1934–1935: Morrison • 1935–1937: Coventry • 1937–1940: Kelly • 1941–1942: Ware • 1943–1946: Olliver • 1947: Crowe • 1948–1950: Olliver • 1951–1957: Sutton • 1951: McLaren • 1952; 1953: Donald • 1957–1966: Whitten • 1959; 1960: Ryan • 1961; 1962; 1964; 1966: Findlay • 1967–1968: Sutton • 1969–1971: Whitten • 1972–1975: Rose • 1976–1978: Goggin • 1978–1979: McKenzie • 1980–1982: Hart • 1981: Goode • 1982–1983: Hampshire • 1984–1989: Malthouse • 1990–1994: Wheeler • 1994–1996: Joyce • 1996–2002: Wallace • 2002–2004: Rohde • 2005–2011: Eade • 2011: Williams • 2012–: McCartney

Italics denote caretaker coach

Charles Sutton Medal • Western Bulldogs Best and Fairest Winners

1927: McAlpine • 1928: Outen • 1929: Russ • 1930: McAlpine • 1931: Hopkins • 1932: McAlpine • 1933: Morrison • 1934: Ware • 1935: Bennett • 1936: Morrison • 1937: Ware • 1938: Ware • 1939: Hickey • 1940: Ware • 1941: Ware/Olliver • 1942: Ellis • 1943: A. Collins • 1944: Olliver • 1945: Hickey • 1946: Ryan • 1947: Ryan • 1948: Hickey • 1949: Donald • 1950: Sutton • 1951: J. Collins • 1952: J. Collins • 1953: Stevens • 1954: Whitten • 1955: Box • 1956: Ross • 1957: Whitten • 1958: Whitten • 1959: Whitten • 1960: Schultz • 1961: Whitten • 1962: Schultz • 1963: Walker • 1964: Schultz • 1965: Schultz • 1966: Schultz • 1967: Jillard • 1968: Thorpe • 1969: Bisset • 1970: Dempsey • 1971: Thorpe • 1972: Welsh • 1973: Dempsey • 1974: Dempsey • 1975: Dempsey • 1976: Dempsey • 1977: Dempsey • 1978: Templeton • 1979: Dunstan • 1980: Templeton • 1981: Dunstan • 1982: Dunstan • 1983: Royal • 1984: Purser • 1985: Hawkins • 1986: Hardie • 1987: McGuinness • 1988: Wallace • 1989: Wallace • 1990: Foster • 1991: Liberatore • 1992: Wynd • 1993: Cameron • 1994: Grant • 1995: West • 1996: Grant/Romero • 1997: West • 1998: West • 1999: Johnson • 2000: West • 2001: Darcy • 2002: Johnson • 2003: West • 2004: West • 2005: West • 2006: Johnson • 2007: Harris • 2008: Cross • 2009: Boyd • 2010: Griffen • 2011: Boyd

Western Bulldogs • Leading Goalkickers

1925: Hopkins • 1926: Chapple/Hopkins • 1927: Chapple • 1928: Morrison • 1929: Morrison • 1930: Morrison • 1931: Morrison • 1932: Dayman • 1933: Rait • 1934: Morrison • 1935: Jack Ryan • 1936: Olliver • 1937: Olliver • 1938: Luke • 1939: Page • 1940: Page • 1941: A. Collins • 1942: Ware • 1943: A. Collins • 1944: Wood • 1945: Joe Ryan • 1946: Wood • 1947: Wood • 1948: Wood • 1949: Olliver • 1950: Wood • 1951: Sutton/Linton • 1952: Duffy • 1953: J. Collins • 1954: J. Collins • 1955: J. Collins • 1956: Cross • 1957: J. Collins • 1958: J. Collins • 1959: Baxter • 1960: Baxter • 1961: Whitten • 1962: Whitten • 1963: Bisset/Hobbs • 1964: Bisset/Whitten • 1965: Hobbs • 1966: Jackman • 1967: Bisset • 1968: Whitten • 1969: Bisset • 1970: Bisset • 1971: Quinlan • 1972: Sandilands • 1973: Sandilands • 1974: Sandilands • 1975: Sandilands • 1976: Templeton • 1977: Templeton • 1978: Templeton • 1979: Templeton • 1980: Templeton • 1981: Edmond/Loveless • 1982: Beasley • 1983: Beasley • 1984: Beasley • 1985: Beasley • 1986: Beasley • 1987: Beasley • 1988: Beasley • 1989: Campbell • 1990: Grant • 1991: Hawkins • 1992: Del-Re • 1993: Del-Re • 1994: Grant • 1995: Osborne • 1996: Watts • 1997: Minton-Connell • 1998: Hudson • 1999: Hudson • 2000: Smith • 2001: Johnson • 2002: Brown • 2003: Brown • 2004: Darcy/Rawlings • 2005: Johnson • 2006: Johnson • 2007: Johnson • 2008: Johnson • 2009: Akermanis • 2010: Hall • 2011: Hall

Persondata
Name	Hopkins, Allan
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	24 May 1904
Place of birth
Date of death	2 July 2001
Place of death	Cobram