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Dick Allen, the '72 White Sox and A Transforming Chicago

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Post author By Marissa DeWeese
Post date November 16, 2021

Dick Allen watches his game-winning homer against the Yankees sail into the left-field stands. Photo credit Leo Bauby Collection.

40th anniversary celebration: Dick Allen and Dr. David Fletcher at the Dick Allen Tribute on June 26, 2012. Artwork Grant Smith, Grant9Smith.com; photo credit Mike Gustafson, Owner Gustafson Photography MikeGustafsonPhotography.com.

Dick Allen (from left), Bill Melton and Goose Gossage pose with mascots the White Sox commissioned on the 40th anniversary celebration of the 1972 team on June 25, 2012. Photo credit Mike Gustafson, Owner Gustafson Photography MikeGustafsonPhotography.com.

Dick Allen addresses well-wishers at the 40th anniversary celebration of his MVP season at Guaranteed Rate Field in 1972. Photo credit Mike Gustafson, Owner Gustafson Photography MikeGustafsonPhotography.com.

Harry Caray had begun his shirtless broadcasts from the bleachers in tropical St. Louis. But Harry became even more a cult figure stripped to the waist in center field at Comiskey Park, waving his fishnet at a Dick Allen homer landing nearby on Aug. 23, 1972. Photo courtesy of the Chicago Tribune/TCA.

Mayor Richard J. Daley (right) with Bill Veeck at his final White Sox home opener in 1976. Photo credit Leo Bauby Collection.

Two masters of their craft. Nancy Faust (left) lets knuckleball ace Wilbur Wood sound a few notes on her organ. Photo credit Leo Bauby Collection.

Owner John Allyn (left) never regretted hiring Roland Hemond as his top personnel man. Hemond's trades, paced by Dick Allen, turned the White Sox around in two years. Photo credit Leo Bauby Collection.

Dick Allen with mother Era Allen, a prevailing strong influence on his life. Photo credit Leo Bauby Collection.

Dick Allen was known as one of the best baserunners of his era. Here he takes out a Cleveland Indians fielder at second base. Photo credit Leo Bauby Collection.

Welcoming Dick Allen to the White Sox on April 1, 1972 were owner John Allyn (left) and manager Chuck Tanner, who believed he could handle Allen well as a fellow western Pennsylvania native.

Celebrated White Sox pitching coach Johnny Sain (No. 33) is on the Comiskey Park dugout steps, eager for the 1972 season to begin on the delayed Opening Night. Photo credit Leo Bauby Collection.

Ralph Faucher and Harry Caray scorecard depicting Carlos Mays' walkoff homer in the bottom of the 9th against the California Angels on May 21, 1972.

Objectification sensitivity about women had to wait for another century. White Sox wives all donned hot pants and team jerseys for a special promotion at Comiskey Park in 1972. Photo credit Leo Bauby Collection.

1972 Chicago White Sox Team. Photo credit Chicago White Sox.

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