Jakovich was a prolific full forward and is notable for kicking 208 goals in his 54 Australian Football League matches, an average of 3.85 per game, for Melbourne and Footscray.
Although playing well in Western Australia's first two games against Queensland and NSW, Allen Jakovich only scored a single goal in the final against Victoria and was replaced halfway through the 3rd quarter.
[4] It was while playing at Port Hedland that Allen Jakovich met Brian Hood who was the Coach of the NTFL team Southern Districts.
He then played in the Northern Territory Football League, including the 1988/89 season in which he kicked 104 goals for Southern Districts.
[4] 1991 Season He debuted in the seniors in round 1 against the West Coast Eagles at Subiaco but was quickly dropped for the following week.
This effort also earned Jakovich the distinction of being the fastest player to score his first fifty goals, taking only nine games to do so.
[6][7] 1994 Season Over the past three years at Melbourne he balanced some mercurial performances with fitness problems and indifferent form.
[8] 1995 Season He spent the year out of the game recovering from a back injury before being drafted by the Footscray Football Club.