Career

Allanson was an Essendon local and at the end of his debut season played in the 1947 VFL Grand Final. Essendon lost the game but he got another chance to play in a premiership in 1950, this time finishing on the winning team He was a defender and kicked the only goal of his career at Glenferrie Oval against Hawthorn.

In 1957 he played a first-class cricket match for Victoria against Tasmania and made 24 in his only innings.