The late Dick Allen The death has taken place of former Fethard and Tipperary footballer Dick Allen. Dick was the last surviving member of the 1935 Tipperary Senior Football team that won the Munster final; the last time Tipperary achieved this feat. Tipperary eventually lost out to Cavan in the All-Ireland semi-final in that season. Dick was an outstanding sportsman for club, county and also for Munster in the Railway Cup. Dick was selected for the Munster Football team in 6 consecutive years from 1934 to 1939. However, he never won a Railway Cup medal as Munster went from 1931 to 1941 without claiming the title. Dick won the South Tipperary Nationalist Hall of Fame award in 1986 and was presented with a Cumann na Sean Ghael award last November. Go ndeanai Dia Trocaire ar a anam. Tipperary defeated Cork in Fermoy in the 1935 Munster Football Final on a scoreline of 2-8 to 1-2. Tipperary lined out as follows: Dick Power (Captain), T. Williams, S O'Keeffe, R Lonergan, Mick Morrissey, W.Purcell, Ned Scott, W. Scott, P. Dennehy, Bob McGann, P O'Brien, M.Weldon, Dick Allen, Jim Noonan, Kieran Holland. Courtesy of the Tipperary Star June 2004 Tweet

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