Gerald Glyn Allen (14 March 1874 — 4 January 1949) was an
Irish international
rugby union
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player.
Allen, a native of
Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest City status in the United Kingdom, city in Northern Ireland, and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. Located in County Londonderry, the city now covers both banks of the River Fo ...
, was the elder brother of
Ireland
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forward
Charles Elliot Allen.
Educated in Scotland, Allen learned his rugby at
Merchiston Castle School
Merchiston Castle School is an independent boarding school for boys in the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland. It has around 470 pupils and is open to boys between the ages of 7 and 18 as either boarding or day pupils; it was modelled ...
.
Allen played in English rugby for Liverpool and was a Lancashire representative player. He was capped nine times as a halfback for Ireland,
forming a partnership with
Louis Magee
Aloysius Mary "Louis" Magee (1 May 1874 – 4 April 1945) was an Irish people, Irish rugby union halfback. Magee played club rugby for Bective Rangers and London Irish and played international rugby for Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland ...
, which helped secure the
triple crown in 1899.
See also
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List of Ireland national rugby union players
List of Ireland national rugby union players is a list of men who have played for the Ireland national rugby union team.
Note the list only includes men who have played in a Test match (which includes those who played against the 1888–89 New Z ...
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1874 births
1949 deaths
Irish rugby union players
Ireland international rugby union players
Ireland national rugby union team captains
Sportspeople from Derry (city)
Rugby union players from County Londonderry
Rugby union halfbacks
Liverpool St Helens F.C. players
Lancashire County RFU players
People educated at Merchiston Castle School