Maurice Allingham

Maurice Allingham
Personal information
Full name Maurice William Allingham
Date of death 15 September 1993
Position(s) Forward
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
Port Adelaide
Career highlights

Maurice William Allingham (died 15 September 1993) was an Australian rules footballer from South Australia. He was the Port Adelaide Football Club's leading goal kicker on four occasions and won the club's best and fairest in 1931.[2] He enlisted for duty during World War I on 16 February 1917 and was part of the 5th Machine Gun Battalion. He returned to Australia on 5 July 1919 and was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal for his duties.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Port Adelaide Win League Football Premiership from Norwood.". The Mail (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 6 October 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Allingham wins medal". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 5 February 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  3. ↑ https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=3649

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