Dick Allman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Messina Wilson Allman | ||
| Date of birth | 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Burslem, England | ||
| Date of death | 1943 (aged 59–60) | ||
| Place of death | Croydon, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Burslem Park Boys | |||
| Burslem Higherhave | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1903–1905 | Burslem Port Vale | 35 | (11) |
| 1905–1907 | Reading | 61 | (17) |
| 1907 | Portsmouth | 1 | (0) |
| 1907–1908 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | (7) |
| 1908 | Stoke | 0 | (0) |
| 1908 | Liverpool | 1 | (0) |
| 1908 | Grantham | 0 | (0) |
| 1909 | Wrexham | 0 | (0) |
| 1910 | Ton Pentre | 0 | (0) |
| 1911–1912 | Leicester Fosse | 7 | (3) |
| 1912–1915 | Croydon Common | 79 | (21) |
| 1919–1920 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| 1920 | Maidstone United | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 205 | (59) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Messina Wilson "Dick" Allman (1883–1943) was an English footballer who played as a forward.
He turned professional with Burslem Port Vale in April 1903, before joining Reading in May 1905. Two years later he signed with Portsmouth via Plymouth Argyle, and helped the "Greens" to finish as Southern League runners-up in 1907–08. He joined Stoke in May 1908, before moving on to Liverpool two months later. He then had spells with Grantham, Wrexham, and Ton Pentre; scoring the winning goal for Wrexham in the 1910 Welsh Cup final. He joined Leicester Fosse in November 1911, before transferring to Croydon Common in June 1912. He helped Croydon to win the Southern League Division Two title in 1913–14. After a spell guesting for Arsenal during World War I, he ended his career after the war with non-playing spells with Crystal Palace and Maidstone United.
Allman signed for Football League Second Division club Burslem Port Vale in April 1903, having previously played for local minor-league sides Burslem Park Boys and Burslem Higherhave. He scored his first goal at the Athletic Ground on 16 January 1904, in a 2–2 draw with Burnley, and finished the 1903–04 campaign with three goals in nine appearances. He hit eight goals in 29 games in 1904–05 to finish as the club's top scorer.
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