| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Messina Wilson Allman | ||
| Date of birth | 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Burslem, England | ||
| Date of death | 1943 (aged 59–60) | ||
| Place of death | Croydon, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Burslem Park Boys | |||
| Burslem Higherhave | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1903–1905 | Burslem Port Vale | 35 | (11) |
| 1905–1907 | Reading | 61 | (17) |
| 1907 | Portsmouth | 1 | (0) |
| 1907–1908 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | (7) |
| 1908 | Stoke | 0 | (0) |
| 1908–1909 | Liverpool | 1 | (0) |
| 1909 | Wrexham | 0 | (0) |
| 1909 | Grantham | 0 | (0) |
| 1910 | Ton Pentre | 0 | (0) |
| 1911–1912 | Leicester Fosse | 7 | (3) |
| 1912–1916 | Croydon Common | 79 | (21) |
| Total | 205 | (59) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Messina Wilson "Dick" Allman (1883–1943) was an English footballer.
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Allman signed for Burslem Port Vale in April 1903, during his first season with the club he was not a regular, but was the club's top scorer in the 1904–05 season with eight goals. He made 38 appearances (35 in the league) for the club and scored 11 league goals before signing for Reading in May 1905. He later played for Portsmouth, Plymouth Argyle,[1] Stoke, Liverpool, Wrexham, Grantham, Ton Pentre, Leicester Fosse and Croydon Common, as well as guesting for Arsenal during World War I.[2] He was the last player to score a goal for Croydon Common.