Samuel Allen (born April 25, 1936) is an American former

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player for the

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s.http://www.baseballinlivingcolor.com/player.php?card=102 baseballinlivingcolor.com Retrieved 21 April 2015. Allen was born in 1936 in

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. During his high school years at Booker T. Washington High School he was a baseball and football player. In 1957, he played for the

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and led the league in runs scored. In 1958, he played for the

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Tigers. In 1959, he played for the

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. He was drafted into the

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in 1960. For a period he was with the Army

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Honors

* 2003, elected into the African American Hall of Fame * 2003, Hampton Roads African American Sports Hall of Fame * 2007,

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Honoree * 2019, Inductee of the Tidewater Baseball Shrine at Harbor Parker in Norfolk * 2021,

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resolution acknowledging accomplishments

References

1936 births Living people Kansas City Monarchs players Memphis Red Sox players Raleigh Tigers players Baseball players from Norfolk, Virginia United States Army soldiers 20th-century African-American sportsmen 20th-century American sportsmen {{Negro-league-baseball-outfielder-stub