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. Revel | ||
Nickname(s) | Bull | ||
Date of birth | 29 March 1913 | ||
Place of birth | South Australia | ||
Date of death | 3 April 2005(2005-04-03) (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) | |
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. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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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]
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Port Adelaide Football Club: Greatest Team 1870–2000 | |
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Port Adelaide Football Club • 1936 SANFL premiers | |
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Port Adelaide Football Club • 1937 SANFL premiers | |
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Port Adelaide Football Club • 1939 SANFL premiers | |
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Coach: Quinn |
Port Adelaide–West Torrens • 1942 SANFL premiers | |
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Port Adelaide/West Torrens 18.12 (120) defeated West Adelaide/Glenelg 16.13 (109), at Adelaide Oval | |
Coach: Hosking |
John Cahill Medal • Port Adelaide Football Club best and fairest winners | |
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Coaches of the Glenelg Football Club | |
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1940 SANFL Patriotic Match - Country v City | |
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Metropolitan Team 23.14 (152) d Country Team 17.23 (125) at Adelaide Oval, 3 August 1940, crowd: 5,592 | |
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Captains of the Port Adelaide Football Club | |
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AFL Women's |
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Italics denote caretaker coach |
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