Norman Allen (dual player)

{{Short description|Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer (1928–2021)}}

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Norman Allen (21 July 1928 – 26 November 2021{{cite news|first=Seán|last=Moran|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/former-dublin-player-norman-allen-dies-aged-93-1.4740872|title=Former Dublin player Norman Allen dies, aged 93|work=|publisher=Irish Times|date=27 November 2021|accessdate=12 December 2021}}) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. After beginning his playing career at club level with St Vincents, he later became a dual player at inter-county level with Dublin. A mainstay on both senior teams during the early 1950s, Allen won Leinster Championship medals in both codes; however, All-Ireland Championship success eluded him.{{cite web|url=http://fodh.ie/norman-allen/|title=Norman Allen|publisher=Friends of Dublin Hurling|date=21 November 2015|accessdate=28 October 2018}} Ahead of the 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Allen was a casualty to appendicitis.{{cite news|first=Colm|last=Keys|url=https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-independent/20190831/282776358210739|title=When Kerry put a spanner in the Dublin 'machine': The 1955 All-Ireland pitted a revolutionary Dubs outfit against old-style Kerry values|work=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=31 August 2019|accessdate=31 August 2019}}