Joseph Ball "Joe" Allon is an English former footballer. A striker, he scored 112 goals in 300 league games in a 14-year career in the Football League. Starting his career with Newcastle United in 1984, he failed to break into the first team and moved on to Swansea City three years later. After a season with the "Swans" he signed with Hartlepool United. After scoring 50 league goals for the club he transferred to Chelsea in 1991. After a season with Chelsea, including a loan spell with Port Vale, he joined Brentford. In 1994 he moved back to Port Vale permanently, before moving back to Hartlepool United via Lincoln City in 1995. He retired in 1998. He won three promotions with three different clubs, and was voted onto the Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year in 1990?91. 

November 12th, 1966 in Gateshead (Age 57)