Career
Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he played for his home town club between 1931 and 1934. He played up front as a striker and managed to score 41 goals in 90 appearances for Newcastle. Allen is best remembered for his time at where he scored 33 goals in both 1928/29 and 1929/30 to help the Owls clinch back-to-back Division One titles.
Allen also played for Leeds United, Brentford, Bristol Rovers and Gateshead in his successful career.
