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Position: | Guard | ||||||||
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Born: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | November 27, 1971||||||||
Died: | June 2, 2024 Mexico | (aged 52)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 325 lb (147 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Vintage (Napa, California) | ||||||||
College: | Butte (1989–1990) Sonoma State (1992–1993) | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1994 / round: 2 / pick: 46 | ||||||||
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Larry Christopher Allen Jr. (November 27, 1971 – June 2, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons, primarily with the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the Butte Roadrunners and the Sonoma State Cossacks, and was selected by the Cowboys in the second round of the 1994 NFL draft. Allen is regarded as one of the NFL's physically strongest players ever, while also capable of using his speed against defenders.[1][2][3][4]
Spending his first 12 seasons with the Cowboys, Allen earned ten Pro Bowl selections and six first-team All-Pro honors. He was also part of the team that won a Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXX over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Allen played his final two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, where he received his 11th Pro Bowl selection. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013.[5]