Allan Hopkins was an Australian rules football

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er in the (then) Victorian Football League

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. He started off his career with Footscray Football Club before they joined the Victorian Football League

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 (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

Brownlow Medal

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 retrospectively in 1989 for the 1930 season while playing with the Footscray Bulldogs, and won the Bulldogs' best and fairest

Charles Sutton Medal

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 in 1931.

He went on to win the VFA premiership with Yarraville Football Club

Yarraville Football Club

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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)