| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 June 1925 | ||
| Date of death | 25 June 2012 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1943–1959 | Adamstown Rosebud | 310 | |
| International career | |||
| 1948–1950 | Australia | 10 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Allan Johns (13 June 1925 – 25 June 2012) was an Australiansoccer player who played forAdamstown Rosebud. Johns played 10 full international matches forAustralia.[1][2][3]
Johns began playing at high school, before joiningAdamstown Rosebud, the club where his father Harold had played with in the 1920s. After playing junior football with Rosebud, he made his senior debut for the club in 1943.[4][5]
In 1954, a testimonial match was played in Johns' honour and several players travelled from Brisbane and Sydney to attend.[6][7]
He retired from playing 1959, having played over 300 times for Rosebud.[4]
Having already represented the state of New South Wales in 1946, Johns was selected for Australia's 1948 tour of New Zealand, where he made his national team debut in a 6–0 defeat of the local team in Wellington.[8][9]
Johns served as president of Adamstown Rosebud in 1963 and 1964.[10]
Johns received a number of honours in his later life. He was in the inaugural intake of theAustralian Soccer Hall of Fame (later renamed the Football Australia Hall of Fame) in 1999.[11] In 2002, the new grandstand at Adamstown Oval was named in his honour.[12]
Johns died on 25 June 2012, aged 87.[12]