Allen Aylett

Allen Aylett
OBE
Personal information
Full name Allen James Aylett
Date of birth (1934-04-24)24 April 1934
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of death 16 September 2022(2022-09-16) (aged 88)
Original team(s) University High
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1952–1964 North Melbourne 220 (311)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1964.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Allen James Aylett OBE (24 April 1934 – 16 September 2022) was an Australian rules football player and administrator, best known for his administrator career for which he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2006. As chairman of the then Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1977 to 1984 he oversaw the competition's first expansion outside Victoria into the Sydney market with the establishment of the Sydney Swans, ultimately paving the way for it to become a national competition.