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).

George E. Allen

Allen pictured in The Prism 1943, Maine yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1911-12-31)December 31, 1911 Oldtown, Kentucky
Died
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 College Football Data Warehouse
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.

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.

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.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
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
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)

See also

• List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure

External links

• George E. Allen at the College Football Data Warehouse