Person    | Male  Born 24/10/1883  Died 13/3/1957

George Allison

Categories: Sport / Games

Football manager, journalist and broadcaster. He was the BBC's first sports commentator and Arsenal Football Club's second longest serving manager, 1934 - 47.

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