Dinny Allen
Dinny Allen. Villa Maria. Waterville
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Donnacha Ó hAilín | ||
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Football Position: | Full-forward | ||
| Hurling Position: | Half-forward | ||
| Born |
9 August 1952 Cork, Ireland |
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| Nickname | The Dinnmeister, Wise Dennis | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1979–1989 | Nemo Rangers | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Cork titles | 8 | 0 | |
| Munster titles | 6 | 0 | |
| All-Ireland titles | 4 | 0 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1972–1989 1975 |
Cork (F) Cork (H) |
34 (13–62) 4 (0–6) |
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| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Munster Titles | 3 | 1 | |
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | 0 | |
Denis 'Dinny' Allen (born 9 August 1952 in Cork, Ireland) is a retired Gaelic football manager and former dual player. He played both hurling and Gaelic football with his local club Nemo Rangers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county teams in both codes from 1972 until 1989. Allen is regarded as one of the greatest Gaelic footballers of all-time.
Allen played his club football with the famous Nemo Rangers club in Cork and enjoyed much success. He secured his first senior county championship winners' medal in 1970 as 'Nemo' trounced west Cork side Dohenys. The club's march to success continued later in the year as the club captured the Munster club title following a three-game saga with Kerry champions Austin Stacks. Nemo Rangers werelater trounced in the All-Ireland semi-final.
After surrendering their county title in 1976, Nemo were back the following year with Allen picking up a second county winners' medal. A third county championship of the decade followed in 1978 before Allen collected a second Munster club title. The subsequent All-Ireland final pitted Nemo against Scotstown of Monaghan. Snow hampered the game, however, Cogan proved the hero as Nemo won the game by 2–9 to 1–3. It was his first All-Ireland club winners' medal.
In 1981 Allen won his fourth county championship title following a 3–11 to 0–6 defeat of Bantry Blues. A third Munster club winners' medal quickly followed before Allen lined out in another All-Ireland final. Mayo champions Garrymore provided the opposition, however, Nemo were far too powerful. Allen scored 2–2 in the first half and the Cork champs had an extraordinary 5–6 to 0–1 lead at the interval. Nemo went on to secure a record 6–11 to 1–8 victory and Allen collected a second All-Ireland winners' medal.
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