Matthew Allan

For those of the same or a similar name, see Matthew Allan (baseball) and Matthew Allen (disambiguation).

Matthew Allan (born 26 February 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Matthew Allan
Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-02-26) 26 February 1975 (age 50)
Original team(s)	North Ringwood
Debut	Round 15, 2 July 1994, Carlton vs. Brisbane Bears, at Optus Oval
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	104 kg (229 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1994–2003	Carlton	140 (72)
2004–2005	Essendon	021 0(1)
Total		161 (73)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2005.
Career highlights
Carlton Pre-Season Cup Win 1997 Equal 3rd Brownlow Medal 1999
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He joined with the Carlton Football Club in 1992, and debuted in 1994 as the 1000th player to represent Carlton. He played as a ruckman, reaching his peak in 1999, when he won the John Nicholls Medal, won All-Australian selection and was selected for the International rules series.

He was traded to the Essendon Football Club following some foot injuries and made his debut with the club in 2004. He had a solid year, playing 20 games and helping Essendon to the finals (along with Justin Murphy, another recycled player). In 2005, he played one game before knee soreness resurfaced (which had kept him out of action for four games in 2004), and following this, at the end of the season Allan confirmed his retirement.

Statistics

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Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)								Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O
1994	Carlton	24	5	1	2	21	7	28	14	0	10	0.2	0.4	4.2	1.4	5.6	2.8	0.0	2.0	0
1995	Carlton	24	10	6	5	51	28	79	38	7	48	0.6	0.5	5.1	2.8	7.9	3.8	0.7	4.8	0
1996	Carlton	24	19	3	4	84	76	160	55	9	145	0.2	0.2	4.4	4.0	8.4	2.9	0.5	7.6	0
1997	Carlton	24	21	8	10	178	129	307	113	10	263	0.4	0.5	8.5	6.1	14.6	5.4	0.5	12.5	3
1998	Carlton	24	22	15	7	156	126	282	118	14	471	0.7	0.3	7.1	5.7	12.8	5.4	0.6	21.4	4
1999	Carlton	24	26	19	14	208	197	405	162	13	716	0.7	0.5	8.0	7.6	15.6	6.2	0.5	27.5	20
2000	Carlton	24	19	17	11	143	128	271	106	10	373	0.9	0.6	7.5	6.7	14.3	5.6	0.5	19.6	6
2001	Carlton	24	8	3	2	53	41	94	34	4	126	0.4	0.3	6.6	5.1	11.8	4.3	0.5	15.8	0
2002	Carlton	24	4	0	0	22	26	48	19	4	85	0.0	0.0	5.5	6.5	12.0	4.8	1.0	21.3	0
2003	Carlton	24	6	0	0	29	15	44	16	4	83	0.0	0.0	4.8	2.5	7.3	2.7	0.7	13.8	0
2004	Essendon	27	20	1	1	107	91	198	65	9	309	0.1	0.1	5.4	4.6	9.9	3.3	0.5	15.5	0
2005	Essendon	27	1	0	0	6	0	6	4	0	17	0.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	6.0	4.0	0.0	17.0	0
Career			161	73	56	1058	864	1922	744	84	2646	0.5	0.3	6.6	5.4	11.9	4.6	0.5	16.4	33