The hall-of-famer died suddenly while vacationing in Mexico with his family, his former team said over the weekend. He was best known for his 12 years at tackle and guard while also impressing teammates in the weight room.
Larry Allen, one of the most dominant offensive linemen in the NFL during a 12-year career spent mostly with the Dallas Cowboys, has died. He was 52.A six-time All-Pro inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013, Allen said few words but let his blocking do the talking.
Allen was feared enough among his peers that notorious trash-talker John Randle of the Minnesota Vikings decided to keep to himself when facing the Cowboys to avoid making him mad. "I miss her," Allen said before going into the hall. "Whenever I'd get nervous or had a big game and got nervous, I'd give her a call, and she'd start making me laugh."
"The National Football League is filled with gifted athletes, but only a rare few have combined the size, brute strength, speed and agility of Larry Allen," the Hall of Fame said in a statement. "What he could do as an offensive lineman often defied logic and comprehension." Allen was playing at Butte College when his coach at Sonoma State, Frank Scalercio, discovered him at the junior college where the lineman landed after attending four high schools in the Los Angeles area partly because his mom moved him around to keep him away from gangs.
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