Dick Allen's induction into the Hall of Fame is a victory

Former White Sox MVP Dick Allen elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame
Former Chicago White Sox Most Value Player Dick Allen has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Classic Era Committee.
Maybe Dick Allen’s inclusion in the Hall will help heal Philadelphia’s deep racial wounds in baseball
Allen’s induction should enable many to craft their own conclusions about the man and the game’s time period that in this case transcended baseball and peeled back the layers of unrest in that era.
Former White Sox, Phillies slugger Dick Allen posthumously called to Hall of Fame
Allen, who died in 2020, was a seven-time All-Star and a two-time home run champion during his 15-season run as a Major League Baseball player.
The Athletic: Phillies Great Dick Allen Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame After Years of Eligibility
Dick Allen was named as one of the newest incoming inductees of the Baseball Hall of Fame through the Classic Baseball Era Committee, writes Tyler Kepner
Mike Sielski: Dick Allen’s induction into the Hall of Fame is a victory for his greatest advocate and friend
He was home Sunday night, inside his rowhouse in Southwest Philadelphia, his phone on speaker and connected to a hotel room in north Texas, his television tuned to the MLB Network. He no longer had a catheter snaking through his insides to his bladder.
Dave Parker and Dick Allen elected to baseball's Hall of Fame, Ken Boyer falls short
Dave Parker and Dick Allen have been elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame by the classic era committee. Parker received 14 of 16 votes and Allen got 13. A vote
Visiting Dick Allen in the hospital made a 9-year-old realize that his hero was also human
There were few places Arlen Specter couldn’t go in the summer of 1967. He was Philadelphia’s District Attorney, a candidate ...
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Dick Allen finally makes the Baseball Hall of Fame, joining good friend Dave Parker
DALLAS — They prayed, they held hands, and when they finally heard the news they’ve been awaiting for four decades, the Dick Allen family broke into tears, hugged one another tightly and ...
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From 1989: Memories of Dick Allen, a White Sox legend, an all-out player and now a Hall of Famer
AP file Share Dick Allen, who died in 2020 at age 78, was elected Sunday to baseball’s Hall of Fame by the classic era committee. Here’s a column the Sun-Times’ Richard Roeper wrote about ...
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Dick Allen and Dave Parker have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by a classic era committee
Dick Allen and Dave Parker have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by a classic era committee DALLAS -- Dick Allen and Dave Parker have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by a ...
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Dick Allen, the 1972 American League MVP for the Chicago White Sox, is elected to the Hall of Fame
DALLAS — Dick Allen earned National League Rookie of the Year honors in 1964 with the Philadelphia Phillies. He was voted the American League Most Valuable Player in 1972 while playing for the ...
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Spivey: Dick Allen’s best and perhaps last shot at the Hall
The late great Dick Allen who spent 8 full seasons with the Phillies is one of eight names on Classic Baseball Era Committee ballot. The special ballot, according the Hall’s website, features ...
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Though Long Overdue, Dick Allen and Dave Parker Fittingly Enter Hall of Fame Together
John Iacono/Sports Illustrated, Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated Forty-seven years after he played his last game and two years and one day after he drew his last breath, Dick Allen is a Hall of ...
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Chicago White Sox
Richard Allen Jr. jumped out of his seat and was swallowed in a sea of hugs. His father, the late Dick Allen, had just been elected into the Hall of Fame. “I wanted to hear it, I wanted to see ...