Dennis Fenwick Allison (20 April 1931 – 14 April 2009) was an English international

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player. Born in

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, Northumberland, Allison was educated at

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and

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, where he studied for a degree in metallurgy while playing club rugby for Northern. Allison, a left-footed fullback, moved to the Midlands in 1955 and signed with Coventry. From 1956 to 1958, Allison was capped seven times as a fullback by

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. He appeared in all four matches of England's 1956 Five Nations campaign and contributed to the 1957 Five Nations grand slam with a first-half penalty goal in their tournament opener against Wales in Cardiff, which was the only score of a 3–0 win. Allison captained the Warwickshire side that won the 1957–58 County Championship.

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Fenwick Allison
at England Rugby 1931 births 2009 deaths English rugby union players England international rugby union players People educated at Dame Allan's School Alumni of King's College, Newcastle Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union players from Tynemouth Northern Football Club players Coventry R.F.C. players Warwickshire County RFU players 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-rugbyunion-bio-1930s-stub

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