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Dick Allen (footballer)

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Dick Allen
Allen in 1943
Personal information
Full name Richard Ambrose Allen
Date of birth (1921-12-22)22 December 1921
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 14 August 1977(1977-08-14) (aged 55)
Place of death Sydenham, Victoria
Original team(s) Northcote
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943 Collingwood 3 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Richard Ambrose Allen (22 December 1921 – 14 August 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Allen enlisted in the Australian Army in April 1944 and had an eventful period of service. Not keen on Army discipline, Allen went AWOL and was disciplined for disobeying orders many times in his two years of service. While in New Guinea he suffered from appendicitis and dengue fever and then crashed an Army vehicle into the orderly room of the guard depot.[2]

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
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