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(Black & white football photo from kbtx.com article)

Published in Star-Telegram on December 6, 2012

Grady Lynn Allen passed away Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church. Interment: Bluebonnet Hills. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Lucas Funeral Home, 1321 Precinct Line Road, Hurst. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, please join his family in a special recognition to Grady from Texas A&M, by making donations to his memorial fund in care of 12th Man Foundation, Letterman's Association, Grady Allen Memorial, P.O. Box 2800, College Station, Texas 77841-2800. Grady Allen was born New Year's Day 1946, to Maxine and James Edwin Allen, in St. Augustine. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and a proud Aggie. In 1967, he was honored to receive the Aggie Heart Award, made the All Southwest Conference Team and was team captain. He was later inducted into the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame and was the Texas A&M Letterman's Association president in 2006. He will be dearly missed by his family, friends, fellow Aggies, and all who were blessed to know such a special man who meant so much to so many. He was preceded in death by his parents; niece, Saundra Allen; and nephew, David Holt. Survivors: His wife, Anita Kay Allen; his children, Geoffrey L. Allen and his wife, Putul, Dennis James Allen and his wife, Alisson, and Ann Marie Hazlett and her husband, Patrick; his grandchildren, Jackson, Aubrey, Michael, Garrison, Emma, Layla and Caleb; brother, James Allen and his wife, Betty; sister, Charlotte Holt and her husband, Murvel; his mother-in-law, Ruby Wolken; his sister-in-law, Mary Barnes; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins; and many friends.
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From kbtx.com

Texas A&M Hall of Famer Grady Allen Passes Away

Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Famer Grady Lynn Allen died Tuesday morning after suffering a heart attack last week in the Dallas area.

Allen, 66 (date of birth: Jan. 1, 1946), was a rugged defensive end for the Texas A&M football from 1965-67. He earned consensus All-Southwest Conference honors as a senior when he helped lead the Aggies to the 1967 SWC Championship and the school’s first berth in the Cotton Bowl in more than 25 years. Allen and the Aggies upset Paul “Bear” Bryant’s Alabama Crimson Tide, 20-16, in the 1968 Cotton Bowl.

A team captain as a senior, Allen also received the Aggie Heart Award, which is the most coveted and cherished honor given to a Texas A&M football player and is based on effort, desire, determination, competitiveness, leadership and courage. He was inducted into the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.

After graduation, Allen played five seasons in the National Football League, and competed in 59 games during that span for the Atlanta Falcons. Allen remained involved with Texas A&M athletics throughout his life, and served as the President of the Texas A&M Lettermen’s Association in 2006.

Born in St. Augustine, Texas, Allen was a graduate of Nacogdoches High School. Allen and his wife, Kay, lived in Hurst, Texas, and have three children: Geoff, Dennis and Ann Marie. Dennis Allen also played football for the Aggies in the mid-1990s and currently serves as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders.