Allen Harvin

{{Short description|American football player (born 1959)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

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| name = Allen Harvin

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| number = 31

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|3|18}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lbs = 200

| high_school = Willingboro (NJ){{cite web|url=https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/sports/20200516/willingboro-legend-allen-harvin-one-of-lucky-ones-in-coronavirus-battle|title=Willingboro legend Allen Harvin 'one of the lucky ones' in coronavirus battle|work=Burlington County Times|first=John|last=Lewis|date=May 16, 2020|access-date=December 21, 2020|quote=Allen Harvin, a football star at Willingboro High School and the University of Cincinnati, was stricken recently with COVID-19 and considers himself fortunate to have survived.}}

| college = Cincinnati

| undraftedyear = 1983

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| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 1

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 0

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Allen Nathaniel Harvin (born March 18, 1959) is an American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins during the 1987 NFL season. He played college football at Cincinnati. Harvin also played in the United States Football League (USFL) with the Philadelphia Stars from 1983 to 1984 and the Baltimore Stars in 1985.

In 2018, Harvin was awarded a Super Bowl ring for playing for the Redskins in 1987, the year they won Super Bowl XXII.{{cite web|url=https://commanderswire.usatoday.com/2018/06/12/redskins-1987-replacement-players-get-super-bowl-rings/|title=Redskins 1987 replacement players get Super Bowl rings|work=Redskins Wire|publisher=USA Today|first=Diane|last=Chesebrough|date=June 12, 2018|access-date=May 17, 2023}}

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