Allan Gunn
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 November 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Brighton | ||
| Date of death | 24 May 2004 (aged 60) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1961 | Old Varndeanians | ||
| 1961–1962 | Whitehawk | 31 | (10) |
| 1962–1963 | Gravesend & Northfleet | ||
| 1963–1964 | Whitehawk | 31 | (22) |
| 1964–1965 | Lewes | ||
| 1965–? | Newhaven | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Allan Gunn (23 November 1943 – 2004) was an English football referee in the Football League, Premier League, and for FIFA. During his time on the List he was based in Sussex, initially Burgess Hill and later Chailey, near Lewes. Prior to refereeing he was a successful non-league footballer.
Gunn was a successful schoolboy footballer, appearing for Brighton Boys and Sussex. On leaving Varndean School he played as a left-winger for Old Varndeanians in the Sussex League, before moving to Whitehawk,[1] winning County League Division 1 and the Sussex County Cup in 1962, as well as being chosen to represent Sussex.[2] He then tried a season as a semi-professional at Gravesend & Northfleet (now Ebbsfleet United) but returned to win another County League title with Whitehawk in 1964. Gunn scored both goals against Lewes in the title decider at Whitehawk's Enclosed Ground on April 25, 1964.[3] He then joined arch rivals Lewes, again winning the County League and Sussex County Cup, as well as the Sussex RUR Cup in 1965. After Lewes joined the amateur Athenian League, he switched to Newhaven and then concentrated on officiating, which he was encouraged to take up by the Sussex referee Frank Wood. He was a class 2 referee by the age of 24 in 1968.[4]