Bones Allan

Bones Allan
215px
Born	(1881-09-12)September 12, 1881 Cornwall, ON, CAN
Died	Vancouver, BC, CAN
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Position	Defence
Playing career	1901–1909

File:Vancouver Lacrosse Club.jpg

Bones Allen, at far left in the top row, with the Vancouver Lacrosse Club in 1912.

Angus "Bones" Allen (September 12, 1881 – June 28, 1941) was a Canadian ice hockey player in the early 1900s. He was a member of the Ottawa Silver Seven team which won the Stanley Cup from 1904 until 1906.

Allen died in Vancouver in 1941 after a short illness, aged 59, and was buried at Ocean View Cemetery in Burnaby, British Columbia. He was survived by his wife and four daughters.

Playing career

Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Angus became a member of the Cornwall Hockey Club in 1901. He played for the club for three seasons, in the Southern Ontario Hockey Association and in the first year of the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) in 1903–04. In 1904–05, he joined the Ottawa Hockey Club during its reign as Stanley Cup champions. He played for Ottawa only that one season. At the time, professional lacrosse was better paying that ice hockey and he followed his lacrosse career. He did play one more season of ice hockey for the Cornwall Hockey Club in 1908-09 in the FAHL.

Lacrosse career

Angus 'Bones' Allen
SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	GAMES	GOALS	PEN	PIM
1909	Vancouver Lacrosse Club	BCLA	10	9	1	5
1910	Vancouver Lacrosse Club	BCLA	11	10	3	15
1911	Vancouver Lacrosse Club	BCLA	14	4	11	60
1912	Vancouver Lacrosse Club	BCLA	6	5	0	0
1913	Vancouver Lacrosse Club	BCLA	7	4	2	10
1915	Vancouver Lacrosse Club	BCLA	8	6	4	20

Allen began playing senior lacrosse in Ontario, ca. 1898-99 for the Ottawa Capitals. In 1908 he went west on tour with the Ottawa team and then stayed afterwards in Vancouver. He played professional lacrosse with the Vancouver Lacrosse Club between 1909 and 1915. He went overseas after the 1913 season but returned in 1915 for one final season with Vancouver. In six seasons (1909–1913; 1915) with Vancouver, he played in 56 games and scored a total of 38 goals. He was primarily a 'home' (midfield) player but halfway through his final season he moved up to the 'outside home' position on the attack.

References

• Professional Field Lacrosse in British Columbia 1908-1924
• ‘Bones’ Allen's lacrosse bio at Old School Lacrosse