Allan Johns

Allan Johns

Personal information
Date of birth	13 June 1925
Date of death	25 June 2012
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1943–1959	Adamstown Rosebud	310
International career
1948–1950	Australia	10	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Allan Johns (13 June 1925 – 25 June 2012) was an Australian soccer player who played for Adamstown Rosebud. Johns played 10 full international matches for Australia.[1][2][3]

Club career

Johns began playing at high school, before joining Adamstown Rosebud, the club where his father Harold had played with in the 1920s. After playing junior football with Rosebud, he made his senior debut for the club in 1943.[4][5]

In 1954, a testimonial match was played in Johns' honour and several players travelled from Brisbane and Sydney to attend.[6][7]

He retired from playing 1959, having played over 300 times for Rosebud.[4]

International career

Having already represented the state of New South Wales in 1946, Johns was selected for Australia's 1948 tour of New Zealand, where he made his national team debut in a 6–0 defeat of the local team in Wellington.[8][9]

Post-playing career

Johns served as president of Adamstown Rosebud in 1963 and 1964.[10]

Later life and legacy

Johns received a number of honours in his later life. He was in the inaugural intake of the Australian Soccer Hall of Fame (later renamed the Football Australia Hall of Fame) in 1999.[11] In 2002, the new grandstand at Adamstown Oval was named in his honour.[12]

Johns died on 25 June 2012, aged 87.[12]

References

1. "Allan Johns". Football Australia. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
2. "Newcastle's links to Socceroos celebrated in new Encyclopedia of every national team player". Northern NSW Football. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
3. "Vale Allan Johns". Newcastle Football. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
4. "Rosebud Hall of Fame - Allan Johns". Adamstown Rosebud FC. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
5. "Allan Johns". The History of Adamstown Rosebud Football Club - 1889 to 1969 (PDF). p. 63. Retrieved 12 June 2024 – via Adamstown Rosebud FC.
6. "Three Changes In Testimonial Soccer Match". The Newcastle Sun. No. 11, 199. New South Wales, Australia. 3 May 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 28 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "Testimonial Soccer Drew Big Crowd". The Newcastle Sun. No. 11, 200. New South Wales, Australia. 4 May 1954. p. 18. Retrieved 12 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "Adamstown's 'prince of dribblers'". Newcastle Herald. 23 June 1998.
9. Howe, Andrew (12 October 2006). "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2024 – via OzFootball.
10. "Executive Officers". The History of Adamstown Rosebud Football Club - 1889 to 1969 (PDF). p. 84. Retrieved 12 June 2024 – via Adamstown Rosebud FC.
11. Gardiner, James (15 September 1999). "Federation honouring quality quartet". Newcastle Herald. p. 91. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
12. Gardiner, James. "Baartz praises Rosebud legend". Newcastle Herald. p. 74. Retrieved 12 June 2024 – via ProQuest.