Person in history
Dick Allen
Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor (born 1942)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2020 · December 7
Their story
Who they were
Richard Anthony Allen, nicknamed "Crash" and "the Wampum Walloper", was an American professional baseball player. During his 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he played as a first baseman and third baseman, most notably for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox, and was one of baseball's top sluggers of the 1960s and early 1970s.
Early life
Early life Allen was born in Wampum, Pennsylvania , one of nine children of Era and Coy Allen, a truck driver. After his parents divorced, he was mainly raised by his mother who worked as a housekeeper to support her children. Allen grew up in Chewton, Pennsylvania , a small village just outside Wampum. [ 1 ] He attended Wampum High School where, along with his brothers Hank and Ron , he was a star basketball player at the school; all three brothers earned All-State honors. In the 1958 and 1960 seasons,
Why this date
Dick Allen appears on our December 7 calendar for 2020 as a death entry.
Sources
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Questions about Dick Allen
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December 7 2020.
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