Don Allen (American football)
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PositionFullback
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
High schoolNew London (TX)
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| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | New London (TX) | ||||||||||
| College | Texas | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1960: undrafted | ||||||||||
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Don Allen (1938–2024) was an American professional football player who was a fullback for the Denver Broncosin the American Football League (AFL) in 1960. He was from New London, Texas.
Allen played college football for the Texas Longhorns from 1957 to 1959 and was a team captain of the 1959 Longhorn football team that won the Southwest Conference Championship.[1] In 1957, he helped the team finish ranked 11th and play in the 1958 Sugar Bowl. In 1959 the Longhorns shared the conference championship with Arkansas and represented the conference in the Cotton Bowl, which it lost to Syracuse.