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.[1]
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
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- The Encyclopedia of Rugby League players (Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson)
