{{Short description|American football player (1916–1981)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Allen Nichols | image = | number = 27, 51<ref name="Pfa"/> | position = Fullback | birth_date = October 28, 1916 | birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1981|6|18|1916|10|28}} | death_place = Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lbs = 205 | high_school = Avalon (Avalon, Pennsylvania) | college = Temple (1936–1939) | undraftedyear = 1940 | pastteams = * Paterson Panthers (1940) * Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1945}}) | pfr = N/NichAl21 }} '''Allen Garfield Nichols''' (October 28, 1916 – June 18, 1981) was an American professional football fullback who played one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Temple University.
==Early life and college== Allen Garfield Nichols was born on October 28, 1916, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<ref name="Pfa">{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/players/n/nich00800.html | title=Allen Nichols | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=23 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Allen Nichols in Social Security Death Index|url=https://www.fold3.com/record/18715380-allen-nichols-social-security-death-index|access-date=2021-02-08|website=Fold3|language=en}}</ref> He attended Avalon High School in Avalon, Pennsylvania.<ref name="Pfa"/>
He was a member of the Temple Owls of Temple University from 1936 to 1939.<ref name="Pfa"/> He was on the freshman team in 1936 and a three-year letterman from 1937 to 1939.<ref name="Pfa"/>
==Professional career== After going undrafted in the 1940 NFL draft, Nichols played in three games for the Paterson Panthers of the American Association in 1940, scoring one rushing touchdown.<ref name="Pfa"/>
He signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League in 1945.<ref name="transactions"/> He started one game for the Steelers during the 1945 season, rushing ten times for five yards, fumbling once, and recovering one fumble.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/N/NichAl21.htm | title=Allen Nichols | publisher=Pro Football Reference | accessdate=23 December 2024}}</ref> He was released in 1945.<ref name="transactions">{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/n/nich00800.html | title=Al Nichols NFL Transactions | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=23 December 2024}}</ref>
==Death== Nichols died on June 18, 1981, in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania.<ref name="Pfa"/>
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