Brian Allsop

Brian Allsop

Personal information
Full name	Brian John Allsop
Born	(1935-09-09)9 September 1935 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	17 January 1989(1989-01-17) (aged 53) Dee Why, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1955–59 Easts 80 59 39 1 257 1960–64 Manly Warringah 74 36 0 0 108 Total 154 95 39 1 365 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1955 New South Wales 1 1 0 0 3
Source: Whiticker/Hudson As of 30 Sep 2020

Introduction

Brian John Allsop (1935–1989) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He played in the 1950s and 1960s for the New South Wales Rugby League.

A wing, Allsop played for two Sydney clubs during his career, with 80 matches for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years 1955–1959, and 74 for Manly-Warringah from 1960–1964.

Scores in his play

An Eastern Suburbs junior, Allsop made it into the first grade side in 1955. In that season he was the NSWRFL, leading try-scorer with 18 tries scored in his 17 matches that year. In one match that year against the Parramatta Eels, he scored 5 tries. Allsop was a representative of Sydney and NSW. The speedy winger scored a total of 59 tries for Easts before departing for Manly, where he scored a further 36 in his time there. He retired at the end of the 1964 season.

References

• The Encyclopedia of Rugby League players (Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson)