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Former MSU star RB Eric Allen dies at 66

Associated Press

Eric Allen still holds the single-game rushing record at MSU, rushing for 350 yards against Purdue in 1971.

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Eric Allen, the Big Ten’s leading rusher at Michigan State in 1971, has died. He was 66.

Allen rushed for 350 yards against Purdue that year — a school record that still stands. His 18 touchdowns and 1,494 rushing yards were best in the Big Ten in ‘71.

Wallace McKnight of McKnight-Fraser Funeral Homes in Georgetown, South Carolina, says Allen died Tuesday. He was in hospice care in Georgetown.

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Allen finished tenth in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 1971. He was drafted by the Baltimore Colts but played four seasons for Toronto in the Canadian Football League.