"James Allen" is a former American football player who was drafted in the 4th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1974 NFL Draft. A 1970 graduate of Los Angeles High School, Allen played college football at Pierce College and UCLA Bruins football/UCLA. Allen was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in their celebrated 1974 NFL Draft/1974 draft. He played for the Steelers for four seasons, where he was a member of their Super Bowls IX & X teams. He was traded to the Detroit Lions in 1978. His nickname during his playing career was "Spiderman." He was the lead singer on the Lions' 1980 recording of Another_One_Bites_the_Dust#Uses_in_popular_culture/Another One Bites the Dust.

Briefly homeless at one time, Allen currently lives in southern California.

Allen was elected to the Pierce College Hall of Fame in 2012.

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I'm really proud of our basketball team tonight. After getting beat like we did on Saturday, to come back tonight with the focus and intensity that we needed to was really big for us … I'm excited for them.

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There were about 10 points they scored in a row because we weren't where we needed to be defensively. Consequently, you get fouled calls that way, and it's pretty easy to score when you're standing there at the free throw line with nobody guarding.

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Clyde was just unconscious tonight.

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When they hit that 3, I thought Sterling's 3 when we came right back down in transition was pretty big. They got a bit of momentum, but we got it right back by hitting that shot.

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I discovered a rare man. In days of confused identities, this man knew who he was. Nothing could deter or confuse him. ... This man lived his whole life fighting for freedom.

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Here was a rare man, who lived a rare life and showed us the way to live life at its fullest.

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You couldn't ask for anything better. We had played them to two overtime games in the regular season. We are peaking at the right time.

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We had some breakdowns defensively. A couple of them were in transition where we missed a shot and didn't match up well. We weren't shooting the ball great early and probably got a little bit frustrated and didn't pay attention in transition like we needed to.

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You're going to have nights where the ball doesn't go in the basket, but if you're going to win a championship, you've got to be solid, tough and physical defensively and I don't think we were that, especially in the last 10 minutes of that game.

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