About Neil Allison
Lived 1912 – 1962 (aged 50). Neil Allison was an australian rules football player.
Neil James Allison (11 October 1912 – 21 October 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family The son of James Neil Allison (1890–1913), and Elsie Grace Allison, née Coleman, Neil James Allison was born in Carlton, Victoria on 11 October 1912. He married Olive "Bub" Burnett in 1940. They had one son, Patrick.
Football He played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In 1939 he applied for a clearance to Coburg Football Club in the VFA.
Military service He enlisted in the Second AIF in June 1940.
Death He died as a result of the injuries sustained in an accident on 21 October 1962, when a car in which he was a passenger struck a tree on the Geelong Road, in West Footscray.
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Who was Neil Allison?
Australian rules footballer
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Neil Allison was born on 11 October 1912 in Carlton.
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Neil Allison died on 21 October 1962 in Brooklyn.
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Neil Allison was an australian rules football player.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Neil Allison (Australian footballer)
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MLA: "Neil Allison." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/neil-allison/.
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