Samuel Allen (baseball)

Samuel Allen is an American former professional baseball player for the Negro leagues. Allen was born in 1936 in Norfolk, Virginia. During his high school years at Booker T. Washington High School he was a baseball and football player. In 1957, he played for the Kansas City Monarchs and led the league in runs scored. In 1958, he played for the Raleigh Tigers. In 1959, he played for the Memphis Red Sox. He was drafted into the US Army in 1960. For a period he was with the Army 82nd Airborne.

Honors

2003, elected into the African American Hall of Fame
2003, Hampton Roads African American Sports Hall of Fame
2007, White House Honoree
2019, Inductee of the Tidewater Baseball Shrine at Harbor Parker in Norfolk
2021, Virginia House of Delegates resolution acknowledging accomplishments