Allan Ruthven
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Allan Ruthven (born 16 April 1922; died 14 March 2003) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.
A left-footed rover nicknamed the ‘Baron’, he also coached Fitzroy Football Club.
In 1998 Ruthven was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Playing career:
- Fitzroy 1940-1941, 1943-1954 (Games: 222 Goals: 442)
Player honors:
- Brownlow Medal 1950
- Fitzroy Best and Fairest 1946, 1948, 1949
- Fitzroy club leading goalkicker 1944, 1945, 1954
- Fitzroy captain 1948, 1950-1954
- Fitzroy premiership 1944
- Fitzroy Team of the Century
- Victorian representative (17 games, 47 goals)
Coaching record:
- Fitzroy 1952-1954 (57 games, 28 wins, 28 losses, 1 draw).
- Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 116. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
- AFL: Hall of Fame