[1] Born in the small Victoria town of Steiglitz, Burns often played on the half-forward line, and he was noted for kicking goals from quite acute angles using what today would be known as a checkside or banana kick.
[3] He was the younger brother of Peter Burns, a legend of the game who played with South Melbourne and Geelong.
In a VFA match in 1896 where the brothers were in rival teams, Allen made a significant contribution towards South's victory over Geelong.
[4] Allen Burns died in South Melbourne at the age of 55.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1870s is a stub.