Dr. David Fletcher talks to ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about his upcoming documentary My Father, Dick Allen. My Father, Dick Allen is a powerful and deeply personal documentary that tells the ...
A version of this story appeared on MiLB.com in 2021. We present it here, with updates, as MiLB and MLB celebrate Black ...
The Phillies integrated in 1957. In 1964, Dick Allen became the franchise’s first Black superstar and changed its history.
1973 Coming off of his 1972 MVP season, Dick Allen signs a three-year, $750,000 contract with the White Sox, making him the highest-paid player in baseball. While contract details for early baseball ...