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Les Allen, English footballer and manager
Leslie William Allen is an English former football player and manager who played as an inside forward. He was a member of the QPR team who became the first Third Division side to win the Football League Cup Final 1967. Allen joined Queens Park Rangers in July 1965 for a recorded sum of £21,000.
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Les Allen was born in 1937. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Les Allen's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1937 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.20 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $5,200 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $3,000 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $0.25 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $0.25 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 128.8M | 341 million |
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