Allan Crawford Kendall (29 September 1928 — 17 December 2013) was an Australian broadcaster and tennis player.

[1] Kendall, born in the New South Wales town of Orange, was a nephew of tennis player Jack Crawford.

[2] His father, Victor, ended up running a tennis club in Albury where the then Margaret Smith (Court) trained.

[1] Attending Scots College in Sydney from 1943, Kendall was the 1946 NSW schoolboys singles champion.

[1] Kendall, who got involved in the arts during university, founded the Australian version of BBC children's television show Play School.