Lamar Allen
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 25, 1914 Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | May 16, 1989 (aged 74) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1936–1939 | Arkansas AM&N |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1946–1949 | Arkansas AM&N |
| 1959 | Arkansas AM&N (line) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 17–19–5 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Records | |
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Baseball career | |
| Center fielder | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1940, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1940, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
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| Managerial record at Baseball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Teams | |
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Lamar "Buddy" Allen (November 25, 1914 – May 16, 1989)[1] was an American college football player and coach and baseball center fielder in the Negro leagues.[2] He served as the head football coach at Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas AM&N)—now known as University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff—for four seasons, from to 1946 to 1949, compiling a record of 17–19–5.[3]
Allen played as a back for Merrill High School, a segregated black school in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, which won national championships in 1932, his freshman year, and 1933. His accomplishments were such that even the state's white newspapers, including the Arkansas Gazette took notice.[4] He played baseball with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1940.[5]
Allen earned a master's degree in education from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1951 and continued there with postgraduate work in administration and educaftion until 1953. He returned to the football coaching staff Arkansas AM&N in 1959 as line coach under Charles Spearman.[6]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Arkansas AM&N Lions / Golden Lions (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1946–1949) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Arkansas AM&N | 7–2–1 | 3–2–1 | 3rd | W Cattle Bowl | ||||
| 1947 | Arkansas AM&N | 2–7–1 | 0–6–1 | 8th | |||||
| 1948 | Arkansas AM&N | 4–5–1 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1949 | Arkansas AM&N | 4–5–2 | 1–4–2 | 6th | |||||
| Arkansas AM&N: | 17–19–5 | 6–17–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 17–19–5 | ||||||||
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats and Seamheads
- Buddy Allen at Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia
- Lamar Allen at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1914 births
- 1989 deaths
- American football quarterbacks
- Baseball outfielders
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football coaches
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football players
- Birmingham Black Barons players
- Merrill High School alumni
- University of Southern California alumni
- Players of American football from Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Baseball players from Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Coaches of American football from Arkansas
- African-American coaches of American football
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1940s stubs
- Negro league baseball outfielder, 1910s birth stubs