Jack Allan (golfer)

Jack Allan
Personal information
Full name	Alexander John Travers Allan
Nickname	Jack
Born	(1875-11-17)17 November 1875 Portland, Dorset, England
Died	3 March 1898(1898-03-03) (aged 22) Edinburgh, Scotland
Sporting nationality	Scotland
Career
Status	Amateur
British Amateur	Won: 1897

The grave of Jack Allan, Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh

Alexander John Travers Allan, MBChB, known generally as Jack Allan, (17 November 1875 – 3 March 1898[1])[2] was a Scottish amateur golfer and medical student. He is best known for winning the 1897 British Amateur.[3]

Biography

Allan was born on the Isle of Portland in Dorset,[4] the son of Margaret Bird Munro and Surgeon Colonel Alexander Allan (1836–1892), a Scottish surgeon working there in the Royal Navy Hospital.

He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and had graduated MBChB. While studying for his full qualification as a doctor (MD), and was probably undergoing practical training at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, when he contracted tuberculosis.

He died in Edinburgh of tuberculosis at the age of 22.[1][5][6] He is buried in the southern section of Morningside Cemetery. His parents are buried opposite.

Major championships

Amateur wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1897	The Amateur Championship	4 & 2	James Robb

This was Allan's only appearance in the Amateur Championship.

References

1. "Deaths in the District of Newington in the City of Edinburgh". Statutory Deaths 685/05 0212. ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
2. "Nae Tackety Boots – but He Won at Muirfield! by RAP Burt MD" (PDF). British Golf Collectors' Society. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
3. Kelley, Brent. "British Amateur Championship Winners". About.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
4. St John The Baptist Church, Fortuneswell, Portland, Dorset - Baptisms (11 April 1876)
5. "Obituary". The Times. London. 4 March 1898. p. 10.
6. "1897 The first Amateur Championship at Muirfield". Muirfield. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2013.