George Allison
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Frederick Allison | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Hurworth-on-Tees, County Durham, England | ||
| Date of death | 13 March 1957 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | London, England | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1904–1905 | Middlesbrough (Assistant Manager) | ||
| 1934–1947 | Arsenal | ||
George Frederick Allison (24 October 1883 – 13 March 1957) was an English football journalist, broadcaster and manager. He was the BBC's first sports commentator by way of radio and tv and Arsenal's second longest serving manager.
Born in Hurworth-on-Tees, County Durham Allison attended Holy Trinity School in as a teenager. He started out as a judge's secretary in his native North East, while playing for a local amateur team in . Allison ran a sideline in writing about his own team's exploits, and he was eventually convinced by his editor to become a full-time journalist. A year in Devonport aside, Allison spent most of his time in the Cleveland and Middlesbrough areas, and was briefly assistant to the secretary-manager of Middlesbrough FC.
Allison moved to London in 1906, as the sports representative of the Hulton group of newspapers. Four years later he became greyhound correspondent for the Sporting Life. After a chance encounter with Lord Kitchener before the 1911 coronation of King George V, Allison became London correspondent for the New York Post and a year later joined the staff of William Randolph Hearst, remaining in this post until 1934.
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