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Allan Hird
Allan Hird
Personal information
Full name	Allan Thomas Hird
Date of birth	11 August 1918
Place of birth	Costerfield, Victoria
Date of death	16 May 2007 (aged 88)
Place of death	Sunbury, Victoria
Original team(s)	Williamstown
Playing career1
Years	Club
1938–1939	Hawthorn
1940–1945	Essendon
1946–1947	St Kilda
Total
Coaching career
Years	Club
1946–1947	St Kilda
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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Allan Thomas Hird Sr. (11 August 1918 – 16 May 2007) was an Australian rules football player, coach and executive in the Victorian Football League (now AFL).

VFL playing career

Recruited from Williamstown, Hird joined the Hawthorn Football Club where he made his debut in 1938. He played 14 games for the club before moving to Essendon in 1940. It was at the Bombers he enjoyed his greatest success, playing 102 games from 1940 to 1945 as a pacy flanker, and being a part of the 1942 premiership team.

VFL coaching career

Hird later spent two years with the St Kilda Football Club as captain-coach, leaving at the end of 1947. After returning to Essendon, Hird was captain-coach of the Essendon Seconds (Reserves) team from 1948 to 1952 and non-playing coach from 1953 to 1954, before retiring from all forms of playing. In his seven years as captain-coach of the Seconds, the team won the premiership twice, in 1950 and 1952 (Hird's last match), and was runner-up three times.

All but one of the 20 players, Allan Taylor,^[2] in Hird's highly talented 1952 Essendon Seconds Premiership team that beat Collingwood Seconds 7.14 (56) to 4.5 (29) had either already played for the Essendon Firsts or would go on to do so in the future. Excluding the senior games that some, such as Hird, had already played (or would go on to play) with other VFL clubs, the members of the Essendon 1952 Seconds Premiership Team played an aggregate total of 1072 senior games for Essendon Firsts.

		Essendon
Backs	Alan Thaw	Jack Knowles	Doug Bigelow
H/Backs	Brian Paine	John Ramsay	Bob Taylor
Centre Line	Keith McIntosh	Hugh Morris	Alby Law
H/Forwards	Greg Sewell	Bill Snell	Ray Martini
Forwards	Brian Gilmore	Ken Reed	Stan Booth
Rucks/Rover	Allan Hird (c/c)	Geoff Leek	Allan Taylor
Reserves	Mal Pascoe	Ian Monks

Post-playing career

Hird joined Essendon's club committee in 1955–1958 and became treasurer for the 1959 and 1960 seasons. He became vice-president in 1965, before holding the position as president of the club from 1969 to 1975.

The Allan T. Hird Stand was named in his honour at Windy Hill in Essendon, and he was an inaugural inductee into the club's Hall of Fame in 1996, given Legend status the same year.

Hird was the father of Allan Hird Jr., who also had a brief playing career with Essendon. His grandson is former Essendon captain and coach James Hird.

Footnotes

^ WW2 Nominal Roll: Hird, Allan Thomas
^ Allan Taylor, who grew up in Strathmore, Victoria, was the older brother of Bob Taylor. He played with the Essendon Second XVIII for several seasons, retiring from football in 1953. He was selected on an extended bench for one First XVIII match in 1952, but was not one of the two reserves used on the Saturday. He trained as a metallurgist at RMIT, and went on to work at General Motors-Holden (GMH) in 1956, and was soon transferred to its Data Processing Department, from which he retired in 1987. (see: Monthly Profile: Allan Taylor, Probus (Beaumaris) Newsletter, No.234, (June 2009), p.2.

References

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

Allan Hird Sr.'s playing statistics from AFL Tables

[1] WW2 Nominal Roll: Hird, Allan Thomas

[2] Allan Taylor, who grew up in Strathmore, Victoria, was the older brother of Bob Taylor. He played with the Essendon Second XVIII for several seasons, retiring from football in 1953. He was selected on an extended bench for one First XVIII match in 1952, but was not one of the two reserves used on the Saturday. He trained as a metallurgist at RMIT, and went on to work at General Motors-Holden (GMH) in 1956, and was soon transferred to its Data Processing Department, from which he retired in 1987. (see: Monthly Profile: Allan Taylor, Probus (Beaumaris) Newsletter, No.234, (June 2009), p.2.

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+{{Short description|Australian rules footballer, coach, and executive}}
-'''Allan T. Hird, Sr.''' (born [[1918]], died [[May 16]], [[2007]]) was an [[Australian rules football]] player, coach and executive in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (now AFL).
+{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
+{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
+{{Infobox AFL biography
+| name = Allan Hird
+| image =
+| fullname = Allan Thomas Hird<ref>[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=592774 WW2 Nominal Roll: Hird, Allan Thomas]</ref>
+| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|8|11|df=y}}
+| birth_place = [[Costerfield]], Victoria
+| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|5|16|1918|8|11|df=y}}
+| death_place = [[Sunbury, Victoria]]
+| originalteam = [[Williamstown Football Club|Williamstown]]
+| height =
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+| statsend = 1947
+| years1 = 1938–1939
+| club1 = [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]
+| games_goals1 = {{0}}14 (12)
+| years2 = 1940–1945
+| club2 = [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]
+| games_goals2 = 102 {{0}}(2)
+| years3 = 1946–1947
+| club3 = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]
+| games_goals3 = {{0}}38 {{0}}(5)
+| games_goalstotal = 154 (19)
+| coachyears1 = 1946–1947
+| coachclub1 = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]
+| coachgames_wins1 = 38 (5–32–1)
+| careerhighlights =
+}}
+'''Allan Thomas Hird Sr.''' (11 August 1918 – 16 May 2007) was an [[Australian rules football]] player, coach and executive in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (now AFL).
 ==VFL playing career==
-Recruited from [[Williamstown, Victoria|Williamstown]], Hird joined the [[Hawthorn Football Club]] where he made his debut in 1938. He played 14 games for the club before moving to [[Essendon FC|Essendon]] in 1940. It was at the Bombers he enjoyed his greatest success, playing 102 games from 1940-45 as a pacy flanker, and being a part of the 1942 premiership team.
+Recruited from [[Williamstown Football Club|Williamstown]], Hird joined the [[Hawthorn Football Club]] where he made his debut in 1938. He played 14 games for the club before moving to [[Essendon FC|Essendon]] in 1940. It was at the Bombers he enjoyed his greatest success, playing 102 games from 1940 to 1945 as a pacy flanker, and being a part of the 1942 premiership team.
+==VFL coaching career==
 Hird later spent two years with the [[St Kilda Football Club]] as captain-coach, leaving at the end of 1947. After returning to Essendon, Hird was captain-coach of the Essendon Seconds (Reserves) team from 1948 to 1952 and non-playing coach from 1953 to 1954, before retiring from all forms of playing. In his seven years as captain-coach of the Seconds, the team won the premiership twice, in 1950 and 1952 (Hird's last match), and was runner-up three times.
-All but one of the 20 players in Hird's highly talented 1952 Essendon Seconds Premiership team that beat [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] Seconds 7.14 (56) to 4.5 (29) had either already played for the Essendon Firsts or would go on to do so in the future; the team was:
+All but one of the 20 players, Allan Taylor,<ref>Allan Taylor, who grew up in [[Strathmore, Victoria]], was the older brother of [[Bob Taylor (Australian footballer)|Bob Taylor]]. He played with the Essendon Second XVIII for several seasons, retiring from football in 1953. He was selected on an extended bench for one First XVIII match in 1952, but was not one of the two reserves used on the Saturday. He trained as a metallurgist at [[RMIT University|RMIT]], and went on to work at [[Holden|General Motors-Holden (GMH)]] in 1956, and was soon transferred to its Data Processing Department, from which he retired in 1987. (see: [http://www.beaumarisprobus.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/JuneProbNL09.pdf Monthly Profile: Allan Taylor, ''Probus (Beaumaris) Newsletter'', No.234, (June 2009), p.2.]</ref> in Hird's highly talented 1952 Essendon Seconds Premiership team that beat [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] Seconds 7.14 (56) to 4.5 (29) had either already played for the Essendon Firsts or would go on to do so in the future. Excluding the senior games that some, such as Hird, had already played (or would go on to play) with other VFL clubs, the members of the Essendon 1952 Seconds Premiership Team played an aggregate total of 1072 senior games for Essendon Firsts.
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 |H/Backs
 |align=center|[[Brian Paine]]
-|align=center|[[John Ramsay]]
+|align=center|[[John Ramsay (Australian footballer)|John Ramsay]]
-|align=center|[[Bob Taylor (AFL)|Bob Taylor]]
+|align=center|[[Bob Taylor (Australian footballer)|Bob Taylor]]
 |-
 |Centre Line
 |align=center|[[Keith McIntosh]]
-|align=center|[[Hugh Morris (footballer)|Hugh Morris]]
+|align=center|[[Hugh Morris (Australian footballer)|Hugh Morris]]
 |align=center|[[Alby Law]]
 |-
 |H/Forwards
 |align=center|[[Greg Sewell]]
-|align=center|[[Bill Snell (Australian footballer)|Bill Snell]]
+|align=center|[[Bill Snell]]
 |align=center|[[Ray Martini]]
 |-
 |Forwards
-|align=center|[[Brian Gilmore]]
+|align=center|[[Brian Gilmore (footballer born 1929)|Brian Gilmore]]
-|align=center|[[Ken Reed]]
+|align=center|[[Ken Reed (footballer)|Ken Reed]]
 |align=center|[[Stan Booth]]
 |-
 |Rucks/Rover
-|align=center|[[Allan Hird]] (c/c)
+|align=center|Allan Hird (c/c)
 |align=center|[[Geoff Leek]]
-|align=center|A. Taylor
+|align=center|Allan Taylor
 |-
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 |align=center|[[Ian Monks]]
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-|-
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-Excluding the senior games that some, such as Hird, had already played (or would go on to play) with other VFL clubs, the members of the Essendon 1952 Seconds Premiership Team played an aggregate total of 1072 senior games for Essendon Firsts.
 ==Post-playing career==
-Hird joined Essendon's club committee in 1955-58 and became treasurer for the 1959 and 1960 seasons. He became vice-president in 1965, before holding the position as president of the club from 1969-1975.
+Hird joined Essendon's club committee in 1955–1958 and became treasurer for the 1959 and 1960 seasons. He became vice-president in 1965, before holding the position as president of the club from 1969 to 1975.
-The Allan T. Hird Stand was named in his honour at [[Windy Hill, Essendon|Windy Hill]] in Essendon, and he was an inaugural inductee into the club's Hall of Fame, given Legend status, in 1996.
+The Allan T. Hird Stand was named in his honour at [[Windy Hill, Essendon|Windy Hill]] in Essendon, and he was an inaugural inductee into the club's Hall of Fame in 1996, given Legend status the same year.
-Hird was the father of [[Allan Hird, Jr.]] who also had a brief playing career with Essendon, and the grandfather of [[James Hird]].
+Hird was the father of [[Allan Hird, Jr.|Allan Hird Jr.]], who also had a brief playing career with Essendon. His grandson is former Essendon captain and coach [[James Hird]].
+==Footnotes==
+{{reflist}}
 ==References==
+{{refbegin}}
-{{Refimprove|date=June 2007}}
+*{{Ref AFL Encyc|10th}}
-<references/>
+{{refend}}
+==External links==
-{{start box}}
+*{{AFL Tables|ref=A/Allan_Hird0.html}}
-{{succession box|before=[[Hugh Thomas]]|title=[[St Kilda Football Club]] coach|years=1946-7|after=[[Fred Froude]]}}
-{{end box}}
+{{1942 Essendon premiership players}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Hird, Allan}}
+{{St Kilda Football Club captains}}
+{{St Kilda Football Club coaches}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Hird, Allan Sr.}}
+[[Category:St Kilda Football Club coaches]]
 [[Category:1918 births]]
 [[Category:2007 deaths]]
-[[Category:Essendon Bombers players]]
+[[Category:Essendon Football Club players]]
-[[Category:Hawthorn Hawks players]]
+[[Category:Essendon Football Club premiership players]]
-[[Category:St Kilda Football Club coaches]]
+[[Category:Hawthorn Football Club players]]
-[[Category:St Kilda Saints players]]
+[[Category:St Kilda Football Club players]]
+[[Category:Williamstown Football Club players]]
+[[Category:Essendon Football Club administrators]]
+[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Bendigo]]
+[[Category:VFL/AFL premiership players]]

v t e Essendon Football Club 1942 VFL premiers
Essendon 19.18 (132) defeated Richmond 11.13 (79), at Princes Park
1. Coward 3. D. Reynolds (c) 4. Exelby 5. Caesar 6. Hird 7. Hutchison 8. Plummer 10. Dearle 14. Leehane 15. Buttsworth 19. Cassin 20. Torney 21. Ruddell 22. Lane 25. Abbott 28. Silk 29. T. Reynolds 30. Flanigan 35. Bushby
Coach: D. Reynolds

v t e Coaches of the St Kilda Football Club
VFL/AFL	1906: Hall 1908: Grace 1909: J. Smith 1911: Drohan 1913: Sparrow 1914: McNamara 1915; 1918:* J. Smith 1919: Eicke 1920: Sparrow 1920–1921: Ricketts 1922–1923: McNamara 1924: Eicke 1925–1926: Clark 1927: Heinz 1928–1929: Sparrow 1930: Cubbins 1931–1932: Hardy 1932: King 1933: Deane 1934: C. Watson 1935–1937: Minogue 1938–1940: Clarke 1941: Knight 1942–1943: Garvin 1944–1945: H. Thomas 1946–1947: Hird 1948–1950: Froude 1951: Green 1952–1953: Williamson 1954–1955: Foote 1956–1958: Killigrew 1959–1960: Francis 1961–1976: Jeans 1972, 1974: Guy 1977: R. Smith 1978–1980: M. Patterson 1980–1982: Jesaulenko 1983–1984: Jewell 1984–1986: Gellie 1987–1989: Baldock 1987: Davis 1990–1993: Sheldon 1994–1998: Alves 1999–2000: T. Watson 2001: Blight 2001–2006: G. Thomas 2007–2011: Lyon 2012–2013: Watters 2014–2019: Richardson 2019–2022: Ratten 2023–: Lyon
AFL Women's	2020–2021: Searle 2022 (S6)–: Dal Santo
St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach