Number: | 44, 20 |
Position: | Running back |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1941 |
Birth Place: | Canton, Ohio, U.S. |
High School: | Massillon Washington (Massillon, Ohio) |
College: | Omaha |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lbs: | 200 |
Draftyear: | 1966 |
Draftround: | 8 |
Draftpick: | 120 |
Afldraftyear: | 1966 |
Afldraftround: | 11 |
Afldraftpick: | 93 (By the New York Jets) |
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Pfr: | AlleJe00 |
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Gerald Allen (born June 26, 1941) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL)[1] for the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Colts.
He was born in Canton, Ohio. He played college football at the University of Omaha (now the University of Nebraska-Omaha) and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1966 NFL draft. Allen was also picked in the eleventh round of the 1966 AFL Draft by the New York Jets. As of 2011, he is tied with eleven players for the longest career reception: a 99-yard pass play from Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen during a September 15, 1968, game against the Chicago Bears.