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  Marcus Allen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As a professional, Allen ran for 12,243 yards and caught 587 passes for 5,411 yards during his career for both the Los Angeles Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1982 to 1997.
Allen is considered as one of the greatest goal line and short-yardage runners in National Football League history.
Allen was drafted as the tenth overall pick on the first round of the 1982 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Raiders.
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 Marcus Allen - Sports Celebrity Entertainment
Allen returned to tailback in 1980 and led the nation in all purpose yards with an average of 179.4 per game.
The first draft choice of the NFL's Los Angeles Raiders, Allen was The Sporting News rookie of the year in 1982, when he rushed for 697 yards and led the league in touchdowns with 14.
Allen's production fell off for the next three seasons, when he averaged less than 4 yards a carry, and he missed much of the 1989 season with a knee injury.
www.nationalsportsagency.com /mallen.html   (411 words)

  
 EA SPORTS - It's In The Game
Allen went on to have an illustrious pro career with the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs, winning the Super Bowl XVIII MVP award in 1984 as he romped for a then-record 191 rushing yards in a big win over the Redskins.
Marcus Allen: The Super Bowl run [a record-breaking 74-yard touchdown run in Super Bowl XVIII] is what most people talk to me about… and the fact that it's still the longest run in Super Bowl history, and about being "in the zone," and what that experience was.
Marcus Allen: I said I wanted to win the award, and I wanted to break 2,000 yards, which I felt would have been a no-brainer, and I actually gained 2,342, and a lot of times I went out before [the games were over].
www.easports.com /games/ncaa06/marcus.jsp?ncc=1   (1758 words)

  
 Marcus Allen Biography - NFL Hall of Famer - Marcus Allen BIO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In 1982 Marcus entered the NFL draft where he was taken 10th overall by the Oakland Raiders.
Marcus Allen’s NFL football career will be known as a NFL legend as one of the leagues best running backs to ever play the game.
Marcus holds the single-season record for most combined yards with 2,314, and became the first player in NFL history to rush for more then 10,000 yards and catch passes for more than 5,000 yards.
www.belmont.com /NFL/Players/Marcus-Allen-Profile   (466 words)

  
 Damon Allen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Allen is the younger brother of NFL Hall of Famer Marcus Allen.
Allen has been mentioned as one of the greatest CFL quarterbacks of all time, and though statistical comparisons are difficult due to great CFL quarterbacks often leaving for the NFL, Allen has over 40% more passing yardage than second-place Ron Lancaster and his 50,535 yards over 19 seasons.
Allen joined the CFL as a free-agent in 1985, signed by the Edmonton Eskimos, and threw for 661 yards and three touchdowns in his rookie season.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Damon_Allen   (1646 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Super Bowl XXXVII -- San Diego native Marcus Allen joins Pro Hall of Fame
Marcus Allen of the Los Angeles Raiders, named the most valuable player, gives the number one sign as he holds up the Super Bowl XVIII trophy following his team's victory in Tampa, in Jan. 23, 1984.
Marcus Allen, who scored 145 touchdowns in 222 NFL regular-season games, was received into the Pro Football Hall of Fame yesterday, the first San Diego native to win the honor.
Allen was the first NFL player to record 10,000 rushing yards and 5,000 receiving yards.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/nfl/20030126-9999_1n26allen.html   (836 words)

  
 Marcus : The Autobiography of Marcus Allen (Marcus)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Marcus : The Autobiography of Marcus Allen (Marcus) is a book of contrasts and conflicts, the first of which are with Al Davis, owner of the Oakland Raiders.
Marcus : The Autobiography of Marcus Allen (Marcus) is excellent for any football fan and shines light on the dark side of being a Raider.
Allen and his coauthor skip lightly over such major football controversies as drug abuse, artificial turf, steroids, racism, management-player conflict, and the lack of fl coaches and team executives.
www.booklan.com /sports/football_(american)/book_736.html   (399 words)

  
 "Rebuilding The Family By Rebuilding The Man"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Marcus was a member of Middle College’s Honor Roll, as well as the Academic Decathlon Team for the past three years.
Marcus was a member of the Middle College Leadership Class, and a cartoonist with the high school yearbook.
Marcus has been accepted at a number of prestigious schools, including Hampton University in Virginia, Howard University in Washington DC, and was offered a full scholarship to play golf at UC Berkley and Florida State University.
www.bondinfo.org /services/success/m_allen/marcus.htm   (287 words)

  
 USC Legends Marcus Allen
Marcus Allen, the tenth player selected in the 1982 National Football League Draft, played 16 seasons with the Los Angeles Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs.
Allen’s finest season came in 1985, as he led the league with 1,759 rushing yards on 380 carries for a 4.6 yards per carry average and 11 touchdowns.
Marcus Allen's best season came in 1985, while he was still with the Oakland Raiders.
www.usclegends.org /marcus-allen.php   (862 words)

  
 Scout.com: Marcus Allen elected to Hall of Fame
Former USC tailback Marcus Allen was elected to the NFL Hall of Fame today after a career that spanned years with the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs.
Allen's departure from the Raiders and owner Al Davis a decade ago was a messy affair, one he preferred not to discuss Saturday.
Allen became the first player in NFL history with 10,000 yards rushing and 5,000 receiving; he finished with 12,243 rushing and 5,411 receiving.
usc.scout.com /2/89847.html   (792 words)

  
 TSN Presents - Football's 100 Greatest Players
A 6-2, 210-pound former Heisman Trophy winner (1981), Allen was a sometimes-elusive, sometimes-overpowering runner who seemed to flow through the line, slashing and angling his body through crevices that only he could see.
The key was a football intelligence and understanding that permitted Allen to elevate his physical talents.
Allen, who helped the Chiefs reach the AFC title game after the 1993 season, was a six-time Pro Bowl selection.
tsn.sportingnews.com /nfl/100/72.html   (392 words)

  
 SpeakerDetails
Marcus Allen was a Heisman Trophy winner and set 12 NCAA records at USC.
Allen, a 16-year NFL veteran who played for the Chiefs and Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, is teamed with Jim Nantz, Craig James, Randy Cross, Jerry Glanville and Mike Ditka on THE NFL TODAY.
Allen, third all-time in career touchdowns with 145, is also second on the NFL's all-time rushing touchdown list with 123.
www.brooksinternational.com /sports/Marcus_Allen_446.htm   (310 words)

  
 NFL Football Player Marcus Allen
A tailback as a freshman, he moved to fullback in his sophomore year and was used mostly as a blocker for Charles White, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1979.
He was a consensus All-American and won both the Heisman and Maxwell Trophies as the outstanding college player of the year.
He set a record with 2,314 total yards rushing and receiving and was named the league's player of the year.
www.brooksinternational.com /marcus_allen.htm   (438 words)

  
 Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy
Marcus was the first man to have 4 straight 200-yard plus games.
Marcus was elected to the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame in 1999.
Southern Cal's Marcus Allen won five of the six sections and outdistanced Georgia's Herschel Walker, 441-204, in first place votes.
www.heisman.com /winners/m-allen81.html   (187 words)

  
 San Diego Hall of Champions - Marcus Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Marcus Allen's induction in the NFL Hall of Fame came in 2003 when the Super Bowl visited his hometown of San Diego.
Allen was a first-round draft pick by the Oakland Raiders out of USC.
Allen's first Player-of-the-Year honor came when he was a senior at Lincoln High and was named the Breitbard All-CIF Player of the Year after he led the Hornets to the 1977 CIF title with a five-touchdown peformance in a 34-6 win over Kearny.
www.sdhoc.com /main/athletes/football/marcusallen   (261 words)

  
 Ray Allen, Jr.
Marcus and Allen has built a reputation for designing winning campaign strategies uniquely suited for each client.
Allen is also a founding partner in the political direct mail firm Creative Direct, LLC.
Allen held a variety of leadership positions, including Director of the Joint Republican Campaign (1995), Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Reform (appointed by Governor George Allen, 1994-95), Political Director for George Allen for Governor (1993), Virginia Executive Director for Bush for President (1992), and Southern Field Director for GOPAC (1990).
www.marcusandallen.com /ray.htm   (219 words)

  
 Shopping.com - Shopping made simple
Marcus Allen has hand signed this Raiders Mini Helmet with a Black sharpie, and was nice enough to add his SB XVIII MVP for when he won the MVP award...
Marcus Allen has hand signed this mini helmet and was nice enough to add his "HOF 03" inscription below his signature, to commemorate his getting indu...
Marcus Allen has hand signed this mini helmet and was nice enough to add his "81 Heisman" inscription below his signature, to commemorate his winning...
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 Marcus Allen - Football Legend - Nationwide Speakers Bureau
Allen, a 16-year NFL veteran who played for the Chiefs and Raiders, will again serve as a reporter on THE NFL TODAY studio show.
Allen also possesses the fourth-highest NFL single-season mark for most rushing and receiving yards combined (2,314 in 1985).
Allen was born March 26, 1960, in San Diego, Calif., and lives in Los Angeles.
www.nationwidespeakers.com /speaker/12   (295 words)

  
 About Marcus Allen's Broadway Ford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Marcus Allen's Broadway Ford is a full service dealership in Kansas City Missouri.
During Marcus Allen's brilliant 16-year football career he constantly shattered records delivering the ball to the goal.
Marcus Allen's Broadway Ford is the only Ford dealer operating in the urban center of Kansas City.
marcusallenford.com /butler/about.htm   (301 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Marcus Allen sees bright things for Colts, Reggie Bush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Marcus Allen is one of football's living legends.
Marcus Allen was the Super Bowl MVP when the Raiders won their last title after the 1983 season.
Allen cemented his legendary status at USC by winning the Heisman Trophy in 1981.
www.usatoday.com /sports/football/2005-12-14-allen-asked-answered_x.htm   (1151 words)

  
 CD Baby: MARCUS ALLEN: Never Again
Marcus Allen a 18 year old South Carolina native who began his Never Again project two years ago.
Marcus this is Strawberri I am letting you know that you are a inspiration to many people because you tell it like it is. I am feeling your song Set it Off continue to be successful.
Marcus Allen you have a commercial voice that needs to be heard.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/allen?cdbaby=0ef5c0978a72ff0f618a85a805ecef36   (1409 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Marcus: The Autobiography of Marcus Allen: Books: Marcus Allen,Carlton Stowers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Marcus goes into great detail of the games and the situations that occur off the field on both the Oakland Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs.
How Marcus stayed in Los Angeles that long amazes me. This book covers Marcus' life before football, during high school, at USC and the heisman, and being drafted by the Raiders and then ending up at Kansas City.
The real heroes of this book are Marcus' parents, Harold (Red) and Gwen Allen, who put the necessary time and effort into providing their children with the integrity that has made Marcus successful.
www.amazon.com /Marcus-Autobiography-Allen/dp/0312169248   (1413 words)

  
 Marcus Allen
Marcus is a graduate of Berkeley High School.
Marcus not only is a singer, but a talented songwriter and producer.
Marcus is currently signed with "Never So Deep Records" where he is currently working on his new album titled "Personal Invitation".
www.southeasttalent.com /MarcusAllen.htm   (220 words)

  
 Kansas City Chiefs - What They Said About Marcus Allen
Chiefs President/GM CARL PETERSON (on his signing his second contract with the club: "When we first signed Marcus as an unrestricted free agent in the spring of 1993, it was for three years and we agreed at that time to take one year at a time.
Not the guy who won the Heisman Trophy or was the Most Valuable Player in the NFL, but Marcus Allen, the college sophomore who blocked his ass off to help someone else win a Heisman.
Marcus is the toughest man I've ever been around.
www.kcchiefs.com /news/1998/04/09/what_they_said_about_marcus_allen   (879 words)

  
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Description: Marcus Allen is fondly remembered for his performance during Super Bowl XVIII in 1984.
Allen was named Super Bowl MVP after wearing down the Redskins defense by rushing for 191 yards and scoring two touchdowns.
This jersey is made from nylon textured mesh with Allen’s name and number stitched in white tackle twill.
www.mitchellandness.com /detail.aspx?ID=6550   (122 words)

  
 Marcus Allen's Enshrinement Speech Transcript - Pro Football Hall of Fame
I'd like to thank the Hall of Fame committee for being so kind to the Allen family, and it's great to see all the old-timers come back for the 40th anniversary.
I developed a strong father and son relationship with Marcus.
Marcus, I pray that you will continue your faith in God, your love for family, your service to mankind.
www.profootballhof.com /hof/release.jsp?release_id=992   (1795 words)

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