Benjamin Thomas Allan was born on 15 October 1968 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League, and for the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League.
16 Facts About Ben Allan
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Ben Allan won the medal in 1988 and 1990 for being the best player in a State of Origin match involving Western Australia, and in 1989 as best on ground in the WAFL Grand Final.
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Ben Allan was a premiership player with Claremont in the WAFL before be drafted to the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League where he played 98 games and won their best and fairest in 1991 as well as a premiership.
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Ben Allan was an All Australian player in 1993 and 1994.
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Ben Allan was the only former All-Australian, the only club best-and-fairest winner and one of only 2 former premiership players in the original Fremantle squad of 50.
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Ben Allan played all 22 games in 1995 and finished third in the best and fairest award.
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However, a degenerative knee condition caused Ben Allan to retire from football at the end of the 1997 season.
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Ben Allan had played 145 AFL games in total, along with 66 for Claremont and 6 state games, earning him a position in the WA Football Two Hundred Club.
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Ben Allan stayed at the club as an assistant coach in 1998.
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When it became clear that inaugural senior coach Gerard Neesham would not coach Fremantle in 1999, Ben Allan tendered his resignation pending the appointment of a replacement.
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Ironically, three years later Ben Allan was called on as caretaker senior coach to replace Damian Drum who was sacked after the team's 10th consecutive loss, a diabolical performance against the Sydney Swans at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round nine, 2001.
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Ben Allan has had an active media career in print, on radio and on TV, including The West Australian, ABC Radio, 6PR, SEN and the now defunct Fox Footy Channel.
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Ben Allan will hold that position for 2 years before all Fremantle Season Ticket holding members over 18 years vote again.
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In March 2012, Ben Allan was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.
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Ben Allan is the first former Fremantle player to be inducted.
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Ben Allan is the brother of Packed to the Rafters actor Jacob Allan.