He was widely thought to have had a much better game than his opposite number, Ipswich player, Allan Langer, but was sensationally left out of the Qld team for the series and never went on to play a game for the Maroons.
Edgar Allan Poe | Gary Allan | Allan Holdsworth | Allan Ramsay | Allan Cunningham | Max Allan Collins | Allan Sherman | Bernhard Langer | Allan Ramsay (artist) | Allan Moffat | Allan Cunningham (botanist) | Allan Border | Mitch Allan | Allan Octavian Hume | Allan Kaprow | Allan Harris | David Allan Coe | Bethwell Allan Ogot | Allan Cup | Ted Allan | Lucy Allan | Edgar Allan Poe's | Allan Williams | Allan Warren | Allan Vogel | Allan R. Bomhard | Allan Quatermain | Allan McCollum | Allan Heinberg | Allan Ball |
It saw the emergence of new faces who would go on to become Origin legends (Queensland's Allan Langer and New South Wales' Andrew Ettingshausen), record crowds for all three matches, and an additional exhibition game played in Long Beach, California (near Los Angeles).