Claude Allen (athlete)
Claude Arthur Allen (April 29, 1885 in Olean, New York – January 18, 1979 in Roselle, New Jersey) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and a college basketball head coach. In 1904, Allen placed fifth in the pole vault competition.[1]
Allen coached the Niagara basketball team for the 1909–10 season and the St. John's basketball team for the 1910–11 season. Allen's St. John's team finished the season with a 14–0 record[2] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ "Claude Allen". Olympedia. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ "St. John's season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 532. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
External links[]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Claude Allen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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- 1885 births
- 1979 deaths
- American male pole vaulters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Niagara Purple Eagles athletic directors
- Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball coaches
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- St. John's Red Storm men's basketball coaches
- Syracuse Orange men's track and field athletes
- People from Olean, New York
- People from Roselle, New Jersey
- American track and field athletics biography stubs