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{{short description|English RL coach and former rugby league footballer}}
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|name                = Allan Agar
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|birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|06|11}}
|birth_place         = [[Pontefract]], England
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|position            = {{rlp|SO|SH}}
|club1               = {{nowrap|[[Featherstone Rovers]]}}
|year1start          = 1967
|year1end            = 70
|appearances1        = 4
|tries1              = 0
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|fieldgoals1         = 0
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|club2               = [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]
|year2start          = 1970
|year2end            = 75
|appearances2        = 153
|tries2              = 34
|goals2              = 39
|fieldgoals2         = 1
|points2             = 181
|club3               = [[Hunslet R.L.F.C.|New Hunslet]]
|year3start          = 1975
|year3end            = 77
|appearances3        = 56
|tries3              = 23
|goals3              = 13
|fieldgoals3         = 11
|points3             = 106
|club4               = {{nowrap|[[Hull Kingston Rovers]]}}
|year4start          = 1977
|year4end            = 80
|appearances4        = 113
|tries4              = 32
|goals4              = 16
|fieldgoals4         = 17
|points4             = 145
|club5               = [[Wakefield Trinity]]
|year5start          = 1980
|year5end            = 81
|appearances5        = 31
|tries5              = 4
|goals5              = 3
|fieldgoals5         = 8
|points5             = 26
|club6               = [[Carlisle RLFC|Carlisle]]
|year6start          = 1981
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|appearances6        = 33
|tries6              = 12
|goals6              = 1
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|club7               = {{nowrap|[[Featherstone Rovers]]}}
|year7start          = 1982
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| coachteam1         = [[Carlisle RLFC]]
| coachyear1start    = 1981
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| coachgames1        = 35
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| coachdraws1        = 0
| coachlosses1       = 7
|coachteam2          = {{nowrap|[[Featherstone Rovers]]}}
|coachyear2start     = 1983
|coachyear2end       = 85
|coachgames2         = 104
|coachwins2          = 45
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|coachdraws2         = 6
|coachteam3          = [[Bramley RLFC|Bramley]]
|coachyear3start     = 1986
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|coachteam4          = [[Rochdale Hornets]]
|coachyear4start     = 1989
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|coachyear5start     = 1991
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|source         = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/allan-agar/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2018|access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/allan-agar/summary.html|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2018|access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref>
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| relatives          = [[Richard Agar]] (son)
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'''Allan Agar''' (born 11 June 1949) is an English former professional [[rugby league]] footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and [[Coach (sport)|coach]]ed in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for [[Featherstone Rovers]] (two spells), [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]], [[Hunslet R.L.F.C.|New Hunslet]], [[Hull Kingston Rovers]], [[Wakefield Trinity]] ([[Captain (sports)|captain]]), and [[Carlisle RLFC|Carlisle]], as a {{rlp|so}} or {{rlp|sh}}, and coached at club level for [[Featherstone Rovers]] (two spells), [[Bramley RLFC|Bramley]] and [[Rochdale Hornets]].

==Background==
Allan Agar was born in [[Pontefract]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England, he was a pupil at [[Outwood Academy Freeston|Normanton Grammar School]] alongside fellow rugby league footballers; [[Mick Morgan]] and [[Stuart Carlton]], and he is  the father of the rugby league footballer, and coach; [[Richard Agar]].

==Playing career==
===Dewsbury===
He played {{rlp|so}} in [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]'s 9–36 defeat by [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] in the [[1972–73 Yorkshire Cup]] Final during the [[1972–73 Northern Rugby Football League season|1972–73 season]] at [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]] on Saturday 7 October 1972, in front of a crowd of 7,806.

He played {{rlp|sh}} in [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]'s 22–13 victory over [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] in the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1972–73 Northern Rugby Football League season|1972–73 season]] at [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]] on Saturday 19 May 1973.

===Hull Kingston Rovers===
He was an unused [[Substitution (sport)|substitute]] in [[Hull Kingston Rovers]]' 26-11 victory over [[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]] in the [[1977 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy]] Final during the [[1977–78 Northern Rugby Football League season|1977-78 season]] at [[Old Craven Park|Craven Park]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] on Tuesday 13 December 1977.

He played in [[Hull Kingston Rovers]]' [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] winning squad during the [[1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season#Championship|1978–79 season]]

He played {{rlp|sh}} in the 13-3 defeat by [[Hull F.C.]] in the [[1979 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy]] Final during the [[1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season|1979–80 season]] at [[The Boulevard (stadium)|The Boulevard]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] on Tuesday 18 December 1979, in front of a crowd of 18,500

Allan Agar played {{rlp|sh}} in the 10–5 victory over [[Hull F.C.]] in [[1979–80 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|1979–80 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London on Saturday 3 May 1980, in front of a crowd of 95,000. In August 1980, he was sold to [[Wakefield Trinity]] for a fee of £4,000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wakefield sign Agar |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000324/19800829/024/0024 |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=29 August 1980 |page=24 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
Agar became coach of [[Featherstone Rovers]], and in his first season took them to a 14–12 victory over [[Hull F.C.]] in the [[1982–83 Challenge Cup]] Final. He then went on to win the [[Man of Steel Awards|Man of Steel]] in 1983. He later coached [[Rochdale Hornets]] from July 1989 until January 1991, and was the coach in [[Rochdale Hornets]]' 14–24 defeat by [[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]] in the [[1991–92 Lancashire Cup]] Final during the [[1991–92 Rugby Football League season|1991–92 season]] at [[Wilderspool Stadium]], [[Warrington]] on Sunday 20 October 1991, in front of a crowd of 9,269. Agar was later appointed Chief executive officer of the Featherstone Rovers.

==Honours==
'''Club'''
* [[Challenge Cup]] Winner 1979/80, 1982/83
* [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Winner 1972/73, 1978/79
* [[BBC2 Floodlit Trophy]] Winner 1977/78
'''Individual'''
* [[Man of Steel Award]]: [[1982–83 Rugby Football League season|1983]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/richard-agar-eager-for-a-new-challenge-as-battered-hull-seek-salvation-in-cup-837449.html Richard Agar: Eager for a new challenge as battered Hull seek salvation in cup]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/challenge_cup/3363571.stm Cup heroes: Roger Millward]

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