Career
Recruited from Williamstown, Hird joined the Hawthorn Football Club where he made his debut in 1938. He played 14 games for the club before moving to Essendon in 1940. lieutenant was at the Bombers he enjoyed his greatest success, playing 102 games from 1940-1945 as a pacy flanker, and being a part of the 1942 premiership team
Hird later spent two years with the Street Kilda Football Club as captain-coach, leaving at the end of 1947.
After returning to Essendon, Hird was captain-coach of the Essendon Seconds (Reserves) team from 1948 to 1952 and non-playing coach from 1953 to 1954, before retiring from all forms of playing. All but one of the 20 players in Hird"s highly talented 1952 Essendon Seconds Premiership team that beat Collingwood Seconds 7.14 (56) to 4.5 (29) had either already played for the Essendon Firsts or would go on to do so in the future.
Hird joined Essendon"s club committee in 1955-1958 and became treasurer for the 1959 and 1960 seasons. He became vice-president in 1965, before holding the position as president of the club from 1969-1975.
The Allan T. Hird Stand was named in his honour at Windy Hill in Essendon, and he was an inaugural inductee into the club"s Hall of Fame, given Legend status, in 1996.
Hird was the father of Allan Hird, Junior. who also had a brief playing career with Essendon.
