John Allen
Athlete
1955 –
Who is John Allen?
John Allen is an Irish retired hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a forward in both codes for the Cork senior teams.
A dual player at the highest level, Allen spent three season with the Cork senior hurling team. During that time he won one All-Ireland winners' medal and one Munster winners' medal. Allen also spent five seasons with the Cork senior football team, during which time he won one Munster winners' medal and one National Football League winners' medal.
At club level Allen is a dual All-Ireland medalist with St. Finbarr's, while he also collected a number of provincial and club championship winners' medals in both codes.
In retirement from playing Allen turned his hand to coaching and team management. A successful few years as masseur and selector with the Cork senior hurling team led to the beginning of a two-year tenure as team manager. From 2011 until 2013, Allen was the manager of the Limerick senior hurling team.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"John Allen." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 2 May 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/john_allen_cork>.
Discuss this John Allen biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In