icprovinceh colleges clprovincef icupdate birth_date clcountyh code icprovincef club nhl clallirelandf icallirelandh feet name occupation fullname icpositionf icallirelandf birth_place inches county clpositionh nfl icpositionh clcountyf clprovinceh clubs clallirelandh counties icyears clpositionf province article_title irish
1 marino institute of education 4 18:33 , 13 october 2012 yes 1955 5 hurling 1 st. finbarrs and aghabullogue 0 3 2 6 john allen retired primary school teacher john allen forward 0 aghabullogue , county cork 1 cork center forward 1 forward 4 1 st. finbarrs 1 cork '' ' -lrb- h -rrb- '' ' '' ' -lrb- f -rrb- '' ' cork 1980 -- 1984 1976 -- 1978 full forward munster john allen -lrb- hurler -rrb-
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john allen -lrb- hurler -rrb-

john allen -lrb- born 1955 -rrb- 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 .
