What is Sam Allardyce?
{{Use British English|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Sam Allardyce | image = Big Sam Allardyce signs autographs for fans October 2014.jpg | caption = Allardyce in 2014 | full_name = Samuel Allardyce<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|197|access-date=28 May 2016}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|10|19|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/> | birth_place = [[Dudley]], England | height = {{height|ft=6|in=3}}<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/sport-comment/sam-allardyce-if-i-dont-buy-at-least-two-players-then-i-fear-all-our-good-work-will-be-wasted-8414004.html | title=Sam Allardyce: If I don't buy at least two players then I fear all our good work will be wasted | work=London Evening Standard | date=14 December 2012 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> | currentclub = | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | youthyears1 = 1968–1969 | youthclubs1 = [[Dudley Town F.C.|Dudley Town]] | youthyears2 = 1969–1971 | youthclubs2 = [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] | years1 = 1971–1980 | clubs1 = [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] | caps1 = 184 | goals1 = 21 | years2 = 1980–1981 | clubs2 = [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 1981–1983 | clubs3 = [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] | caps3 = 63 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 1983 | clubs4 = [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 1983–1984 | clubs5 = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 1984–1985 | clubs6 = [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] | caps6 = 37 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1985–1986 | clubs7 = [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 1986–1989 | clubs8 = [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] | caps8 = 90 | goals8 = 2 | years9 = 1989–1991 | clubs9 = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] | caps9 = 1 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 1991–1992 | clubs10 = [[Limerick F.C.|Limerick]] | caps10 = 23 | goals10