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Hap Allen
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Infielder
Born: (1900-08-23)August 23, 1900
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died: July 20, 1988(1988-07-20) (aged 87)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Threw: Right
debut
1921, for the Pittsburgh Keystones
Last appearance
1922, for the Homestead Grays
Teams

John Francis Allen Jr. (August 23, 1900 – July 20, 1988), nicknamed "Hap", was an American Negro league infielder in the 1920s.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allen made his Negro leagues debut in 1921 with the Pittsburgh Keystones and played for the Homestead Grays the following season. He died in Pittsburgh in 1988 at age 87.

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