Robert James Allen (born July 17, 1946) is an American former professional
basketball
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player. He played in the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA) for the
San Francisco Warriors
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during the 1968–69 season.
Allen was born in
Port Huron, Michigan
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Po ...
, and attended St. Stephen High School.
He earned a scholarship to attend
Marshall University
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and play basketball for
Thundering Herd.
[ Allen was a second-team All-]Mid-American Conference
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(MAC) selection as a junior and led the conference in rebounds with 14.2 per game as a senior.1968 NBA draft
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.[ He played in 27 games for the Warriors during the 1968–69 season.][ Allen was recruited to play for the Baltimore Bullets the following season but he decided to accept a job with ]Ashland, Inc.
Ashland, Inc., is an American chemical company headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. The company was founded in the city of Ashland, Kentucky, in 1924, where it was headquartered before moving to Wilmington in 1994. The company has five wholly o ...
in Kentucky where he worked for 36 years.[
Allen lives in Kentucky with his wife.][ They have two children.][
Allen was inducted into the Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003][ and Port Huron Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.][
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Career statistics
NBA
Source
Regular season
Playoffs
References
1946 births
Living people
American men's basketball players
Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball players
Power forwards
San Francisco Warriors draft picks
San Francisco Warriors players
20th-century American sportsmen
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