Born: September 21, 1933
- Died July 13, 2011
Coach: 1981 - 1987, 1989 - 990
Games: 221
Premierships: 1983, 1986, 1989
Night Premierships: 1985, 1986
Life Member: 1990
Hall of Fame Inductee: 2003

VFL / AFL Honours
Jock McHale Medal: 1983, 1986, 1989
State Coach: 1984 (2 games)
VFL/AFL Life Member: 1979
AFL Hall of Fame: 1996 (Coach)

Allan Jeans was one of the greatest coaches in the history of the game. He has left a positive lasting legacy with all that have played under his direction. His homespun sayings are legendary. Perhaps the most famous was his comment on coaching teams, “They’re like sausages – you can boil them, grill them or curry them, but ultimately they’re still sausages."
When Jeans arrived at the Club, discontent was rife. Because of his honesty and willingness to get on with the job, he soon won the confidence of the players and in two years the Hawks were back at the helm.
With Jeans' leadership, the Club enjoyed a decade of unbelievable success. He guided the Hawks into the finals in 1982, followed by the record-breaking win against Essendon to win the 1983 flag. The great rivalry intensified between the two Clubs with the Hawks being runner-up to Essendon in the 1984 and 85 seasons.
Jeans' second flag came after a strong win against Carlton in 1986 only to suffer defeat at the hands of the Blues in the 1987 grand final.
Jeans missed the 1988 season through illness and in his absence Alan Joyce coached the side that easily accounted for Melbourne in the grand final.
Jeans returned in 1989 to lead the team to back-to-back premierships. Many consider this the greatest grand final in living memory as both teams crippled by injury saw the Hawks hang to win by six points. The players credit Jeans' inspirational speech at halftime as the motivation for this success.
In recent years on a Thursday night in the Social Club, Graham Arthur ran the famed Yabbie Cup, named after Jeans. Many of Allan Jeans' former players tried their skills in a game of sporting trivia, often fought out with that dogged determination that Jeans demanded on the field. Players delighted the audience with their efforts in mimicking many of Jeans' speeches such was their affection for him.