Nicky Allen

{{short description|New Zealand rugby union player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2015}}

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| birth_name = Nicholas Houghton Allen

| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|8|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|10|7|1958|8|30|df=y}}

| death_place = Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| ru_position = First five-eighth

| repteam1 = New Zealand Colts

| repteam2 = NZ Universities

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| repyears1 = 1978

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| repyears3 = 1980

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| repcaps3 = 2

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| reppoints3 = 4

| province1 = Auckland

| province2 = Counties

| provinceyears1 = 1978, 80, 83

| provinceyears2 = 1980

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| school = Auckland Grammar School

| university = University of Auckland

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Nicholas Houghton Allen (30 August 1958 – 7 October 1984) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A first five-eighth, Allen represented Auckland and Counties at a provincial level. He played nine matches, including two tests, for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1980.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=10 |title = Nicky Allen | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 30 August 2015}} He died in Wollongong in 1984 from head injuries sustained in a club rugby match, and he is buried at Purewa Cemetery in Auckland.{{cite web |url=http://www.purewa.co.nz/details.asp?id=1693&type=Burial |title=Burial & cremation details |date= |website= |publisher=Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium |accessdate=10 October 2015 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|date=2019|title=ALLEN Nicholas Houghton|url=https://www.purewa.co.nz/view/?id=1693|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523035500/https://www.purewa.co.nz/view/?id=1693|archive-date=23 May 2021|access-date=23 May 2021|website=www.purewa.co.nz}}