Wynfred E. Allen
Wynfred Emory Allen (June 6, 1873 – September 20, 1947) was an American football and basketball coach and biologist. He served as the head football coach at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana from 1896 to 1897,[1] Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1903, and Kearney State Normal School—now known as the University of Nebraska–Kearney–from 1905 to 1906. Allen was also the head basketball coach at Kearney State in 1906–07.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 6, 1873 West Newton, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | September 20, 1947 (aged 74) Santa Paula, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Earlham (1898) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1894–1895 | Springfield YMCA |
| 1896–1897 | Earlham |
| Basketball | |
| c. 1895 | Springfield YMCA |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1895 | Springfield YMCA |
| Position(s) | Fullback, guard (football) Center (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1896–1897 | Earlham |
| 1898 | West Texas Military |
| 1903 | Lawrence |
| 1904 | Epworth |
| 1905–1906 | Kearney Normal |
| Basketball | |
| 1906–1907 | Kearney Normal |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–2 (college basketball) |
In 1910, Allen served as an assistant zoology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and from 1919 to 1943, he worked as a biologist at the Scripps Institution for Biological Research.[3]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earlham Quakers (Independent) (1896–1897) | |||||||||
| 1896 | Earlham | 3–3 | |||||||
| 1897 | Earlham | 2–4 | |||||||
| Lawrence: | 5–7 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Vikings (Independent) (1903) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Lawrence | 6–3 | |||||||
| Lawrence: | 6–3 | ||||||||
| Epworth Methodists (Independent) (1904) | |||||||||
| 1904 | Epworth | ||||||||
| Epworth: | |||||||||
| Kearney Normal Antelopes (Independent) (1905–1906) | |||||||||
| 1905 | Kearney Normal | 0–5–1 | |||||||
| 1906 | Kearney Normal | 3–4–2 | |||||||
| Kearney Normal: | 3–9–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
References
- "Epworth University Bulletin". 1 (1). Epworth University. July 15, 1904: 76. Retrieved June 23, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "Men's Basketball Coaches" (PDF). Nebraska–Kearney Lopers. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- "Wynfred Emory Allen papers". Online Archive of California. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
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