George E. Allen (coach)
American football player and coach (1911–1997)
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George Elliott "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.
Oldtown, Kentucky, U.S.
Allen pictured in The Prism 1943, Maine yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 31, 1911 Oldtown, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | September 2, 1997 (aged 85) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1932–1934 | West Virginia |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1935 | Parkersburg HS (WV) (backfield) |
| 1936 | Parkersburg HS (WV) |
| 1937–1940 | Brown (backfield) |
| 1941 | Maine |
| 1946–1948 | Maine |
| 1949–c. 1954 | Fordham (backfield) |
| Basketball | |
| 1935–1937 | Parkersburg HS (WV) |
| 1938–1941 | Brown |
| 1945–1949 | Maine |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 15–11–2 (college football) 73–53 (college basketball) |
| Tournaments | Basketball 0–1 (NCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 MIAA (1947) | |
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
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Black Bears (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association / New England Conference) (1941) | |||||||||
| 1941 | Maine | 3–2–2 | 1–1–1 / 2–1–1 | 3rd / 2nd | |||||
| Maine Black Bears (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association / Yankee Conference) (1946–1948) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Maine | 2–5 | 2–1 / 0–3 | 2nd / 6th | |||||
| 1947 | Maine | 6–1 | 3–0 / 2–1 | 1st / 2nd | |||||
| 1948 | Maine | 4–3 | 2–1 / 1–2 | / 5th | |||||
| Maine: | 15–11–2 | 13–10–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 15–11–2 | ||||||||
College 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) | ||||||||
