
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, August 13, 1995                   TAG: 9508140071
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                 LENGTH: Short

ALLEN'S KNEE SURGERY SUCCESSFUL

Gov. George Allen underwent successful arthroscopic surgery Friday on the knee he injured in a pickup football game last month.

Dr. E. Claiborne Irby Jr. said he removed a torn ligament and some cartilage from the governor's right knee during the 11/2-hour operation.

``He will be back on his feet very soon,'' Irby said.

He advised Allen, a former University of Virginia quarterback, to give up playing football for at least a couple of months.

Allen returned to work a short time after surgery.

The governor injured his knee July 27 during a touch football game with interns and governor's fellows after at cookout at the mansion.

- Associated Press

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