Allan "Bull" Reval (29 March 1913 – 3 April 2005) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He also coached Port Adelaide and fellow SANFL club Glenelg Football Club. He worked as a journalist for the Sunday Mail in Adelaide.[1]
| Allan Reval | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Allan R. V. Reval | ||
| Nickname(s) | Bull | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1913 | ||
| Place of birth | South Australia | ||
| Date of death | 3 April 2005 (aged 92) | ||
| Position(s) | Ruck rover | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1932–1945 | Port Adelaide | 187 (79) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1934–1939 | South Australia | 13 (5) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1940–1941 | Port Adelaide | 37 (25–11–1) | |
| 1949 | Glenelg | 17 (8–9–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1939. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1949. | |||
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| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Haydn Bunton Sr., triple Brownlow and Sandover medalist, said of Allan Reval that "Of the South Australians played against, two stand out. As far as I am concerned— 'Bull' Reval and Bob Quinn. I never saw Reval play anything but well against Victoria. He was a beauty."[2]
References
edit- ^ "SA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME: A R V(Bull) Reval". sanfl.com.au. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Quinn and Reval among "really great players"". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 40, no. 1, 992. South Australia. 5 August 1950. p. 2 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE). Retrieved 12 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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