Allan Towell

Allan Clark Towell (7 March 1925 – 6 March 1997)[1][2] was a rugby union centre who played twice for England between 1948–51. He played his club rugby for Leicester Tigers and Bedford Blues.

Allan Towell
Birth nameAllan Clark Towell
Date of birth7 March 1925
Place of birthMiddlesbrough, England
Date of death6 March 1997
Place of deathFrechen, Köln, Germany
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1947–50
Leicester Tigers
Bedford Blues		 93
?		 (52)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1948–51 England 2 (0)

Towell made his Leicester Tigers debut on 6 September 1947 against Bedford at Welford Road, scoring a try in a 22-3 win. Towell featured regularly for Leicester at fly-half and centre in the 1947–48 & 1948–49 seasons playing 60 of the club's 75 games. Towell was named as Leicester's captain for the 1949–50 season where he experimented by playing himself at flanker.[3]

Towell made his international debut for England on 29 March 1948 against France at Stade Colombes in a 15-0 defeat.[4] He played one further match in 1951 against Scotland at Twickenham.[5]

References
  1. Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 429. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
  2. "Allan Towell". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
  4. "France (3) 15 - 0 (0) England (FT)". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  5. "England (5) 5 - 3 (0) Scotland (FT)". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 10 November 2017.


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