icprovinceh clprovincef birth_date clcountyh code irish club icprovincef clallirelandf icallirelandh image name caption fullname icpositionf clyears icallirelandf birth_place county clpositionh nickname icpositionh clcountyf clprovinceh clubs counties icyears clpositionf province article_title clallirelandh
1 6 9 august 1952 0 hurling '' donnacha Ó hailín '' nemo rangers 3 4 0 dinny allen . villa maria . waterville.jpg dinny allen dinny allen . villa maria . waterville denis allen full-forward 1979 -- 1989 1 cork , ireland cork half-forward the dinnmeister , wise dennis half-forward 8 0 nemo rangers cork '' ' -lrb- h -rrb- '' ' '' ' -lrb- f -rrb- '' ' cork 1972 -- 1989 1975 full-forward munster dinny allen
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dinny allen

denis ` dinny ' allen -lrb- born 9 august 1952 in cork , ireland -rrb- 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 .
