He was a two-time junior college All-American, where he averaged 29 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists at Spoon River junior college. In 1992 he was accredited as being the Junior College Player of the Year. Bobby then went on to play at Texas-Pan American University where he averaged 17 points and 6 rebounds.
After college basketball Bobby Allen went on to play professionally in the Philippines, Lebanon, Cyprus, Indonesia and Spain. Bobby also played on the men's Canadian National Basketball team and was the leading scorer in the 1994-1995 season. Some notable names that Bobby played with on the men's Canadian National Basketball team were:
Bobby remains active in the basketball world and has been continuously working in his community sending kids to numerous Colleges and Universities for the past 21 years.