Bert Allen (Australian footballer)

Albert Victor Edward Allen (7 May 1887 – 4 June 1975) was an Australian rules football player and umpire.

Allen was recruited to Richmond from Preston[1] and made his debut in round 3 versus University.

Named at full-forward he snapped the match's first goal and scored another later but the Tigers were defeated by 15 points.

[4] In 1915 Allen was briefly appointed to the VFL list of boundary umpires.

He umpired his last VFL match, Carlton versus Richmond the following week.