George E. Allen | |
Birth Date: | 31 December 1911 |
Birth Place: | Oldtown, Kentucky, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1932–1934 |
Player Team2: | West Virginia |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1935 |
Coach Team2: | Parkersburg HS (WV) (backfield) |
Coach Years3: | 1936 |
Coach Team3: | Parkersburg HS (WV) |
Coach Years4: | 1937–1940 |
Coach Team4: | Brown (backfield) |
Coach Years5: | 1941 |
Coach Team5: | Maine |
Coach Years6: | 1946–1948 |
Coach Team6: | Maine |
Coach Years7: | 1949–c. 1954 |
Coach Team7: | Fordham (backfield) |
Coach Sport8: | Basketball |
Coach Years9: | 1935–1937 |
Coach Team9: | Parkersburg HS (WV) |
Coach Years10: | 1938–1941 |
Coach Team10: | Brown |
Coach Years11: | 1945–1949 |
Coach Team11: | Maine |
Overall Record: | 15–11–2 (college football) 73–53 (college basketball) |
Tournament Record: | Basketball 0–1 (NCAA) |
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.
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]
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]