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- ↑ via Associated Press. "Pick Three Penn State Players", Gettysburg Times , May 3, 1977. Accessed September 7, 2012. "Allerman, a 6-feet-3, 221-pounder, from Kinnelon, N.J., played both inside and outside linebacker at Penn State."
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