Philip_Allen_(footballer)
Philip Allen (footballer)
English footballer
Philip John Allen (5 November 1902 – May 1992) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Brentford.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip John Allen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 November 1902 | ||
| Place of birth | Hanwell, England | ||
| Date of death | May 1992 (1992-06) (aged 89)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Newton Abbott, England | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Grenadier Guards | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1922–1924 | Brentford | 3 | (0) |
| Peterborough & Fletton United | |||
| Wellingborough Town | |||
| Stamford | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A full back, Allen joined Third Division South club Brentford in 1922.[2] Confined mostly to the reserve team, he made just three first team appearances before departing at the end of the 1923–24 season.[2] After his release, Allen dropped into non-League football and played for Southern League club Peterborough & Fletton United and Northamptonshire League clubs Wellingborough Town and Stamford.[2]
Allen served in the Grenadier Guards.[2]
- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 7. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 9. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 367. ISBN 0951526200.
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