George E. Allen (coach)
- For the college football coach at Cumberland University of the same name, see George E. Allen. For the professional football coach, see George Allen (American football coach).
Allen pictured in The Prism 1943, Maine yearbook
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Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born | Oldtown, Kentucky |
December 31, 1911
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1932–1934 | West Virginia |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1937–1940 | Brown (backfield) |
1941 | Maine |
1946–1948 | Maine |
1949–c. 1954 | Fordham (backfield) |
Basketball | |
1938–1941 | Brown |
1945–1949 | Maine |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 15–11–2 (football) 73–53 (basketball) |
Statistics | |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1947) |
George E. "Eck" Allen (December 31, 1911 – September 2, 1997) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Maine in 1941 and from 1946 to 1948, tallying a mark of 15–11–2. Allen was also the head basketball coach at Brown University from 1938 to 1941 and at Maine from 1945 to 1949, compiling a career college basketball record of 73–53.
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Early life and playing career
Allen was born in Oldtown, Kentucky and attended high school in Ashland. He played football at the West Virginia University from 1932 to 1934.[1]
Later life and death
After retiring from coaching, Allen worked as a salesman of materials used in steel production. He died on September 2, 1997 at the age of 85 after a long illness. He was a resident of Kissimmee, Florida at the time of his death.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Maine Black Bears (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1941) | |||||||||
1941 | Maine | 3–2–2 | |||||||
Maine Black Bears (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1946–1948) | |||||||||
1946 | Maine | 2–5 | |||||||
1947 | Maine | 6–1 | 1st | ||||||
1948 | Maine | 4–3 | |||||||
Maine: | 15–11–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 15–11–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title |
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Brown Bears (Independent) (1938–1941) | |||||||||
1938–39 | Brown | 16–4 | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||||
1939–40 | Brown | 13–6 | |||||||
1940–41 | Brown | 10–10 | |||||||
Brown: | 39–20 (.661) | ||||||||
Maine Black Bears (Yankee Conference) (1945–1947) | |||||||||
1945–46 | Maine | 10–4 | 4–4 | 3rd | |||||
1946–47 | Maine | 9–8 | 2–4 | 4th | |||||
1947–48 | Maine | 11–7 | |||||||
1948–49 | Maine | 4–14 | |||||||
Maine: | 34–33 (.507) | 6–8 (.429) | |||||||
Total: | 73–53 (.579) |
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