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{{Infobox college coach
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Lamar Allen
| name = Lamar Allen
| image = Lamar Buddy Allen.jpg
| image = Lamar Buddy Allen.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|11|25}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|11|25}}
| birth_place = [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas]]
| birth_place = [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|5|16|1914|11|25}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|5|16|1914|11|25}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]
| death_place = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| player_years1 =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1936–1939
| player_team1 =
| player_team1 = [[Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football|Arkansas AM&N]]
| player_positions =
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]]
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| coaching_records =
| coach_years1 = 1946–1949
| coach_years1 = 1946–1949
| coach_team1 = [[Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football|Arkansas AM&N]]
| coach_team1 = [[Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football|Arkansas AM&N]]
| coach_years2 = 1959
| coach_team2 = Arkansas AM&N (line)
| admin_years1 =
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| admin_team1 =
| overall_record = 17–19–5
| overall_record = 17–19–5
| bowl_record =
| bowl_record = 1–0
| tournament_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships =
| championships =
| awards =
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*[[Birmingham Black Barons]] (1940)
* [[Birmingham Black Barons]] (1940)
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'''Lamar "Buddy" Allen''' (November 25, 1914 – May 16, 1989)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.php?page=Buddy+Allen|title=Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia &#124; Buddy Allen}}</ref> was an [[American football]] player, coach, and [[baseball]] [[center fielder]] in the [[Negro League baseball|Negro leagues]].<ref name="Riley">{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00rile |url-access=registration |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=DeLassus
'''Lamar "Buddy" Allen''' (November 25, 1914 – May 16, 1989)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.php?page=Buddy+Allen|title=Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia &#124; Buddy Allen}}</ref> was an American [[college football]] player and coach and [[baseball]] [[center fielder]] in the [[Negro League baseball|Negro leagues]].<ref name="Riley">{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00rile |url-access=registration |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=DeLassus
|first=David|title=Arkansas-Pine Bluff Coaching Records|publisher=[[College Football Data Warehouse]] |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southwestern/arkansas_pine_bluff/coaching_records.php|accessdate=December 15, 2013 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216051507/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southwestern/arkansas_pine_bluff/coaching_records.php|archivedate=December 16, 2013}}</ref>
|first=David|title=Arkansas-Pine Bluff Coaching Records|publisher=[[College Football Data Warehouse]] |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southwestern/arkansas_pine_bluff/coaching_records.php|accessdate=December 15, 2013 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216051507/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southwestern/arkansas_pine_bluff/coaching_records.php|archivedate=December 16, 2013}}</ref>


Allen played as a back for [[Pine Bluff Merrill High School]], a segregated [[black school]] in [[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.<ref name="White Newspaper Recognized Black Players">{{cite web |title=Arkansas's "White" Newspaper Chose All-Star Teams for State's All-Black Schools |date=12 April 2017 |url=https://www.bestofarkansassports.com/arkansass-white-paper-chose-all-star-teams-for-states-all-black-schools/ |accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> He played baseball with the [[Birmingham Black Barons]] in 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=allen01bud |title=Buddy Allen Seamheads Profile |publisher=seamheads.com |access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref>
Allen played as a back for [[Merrill High School (Arkansas)|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.<ref name="White Newspaper Recognized Black Players">{{cite web |title=Arkansas's "White" Newspaper Chose All-Star Teams for State's All-Black Schools |date=12 April 2017 |url=https://www.bestofarkansassports.com/arkansass-white-paper-chose-all-star-teams-for-states-all-black-schools/ |accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> He played baseball with the [[Birmingham Black Barons]] in 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=allen01bud |title=Buddy Allen Seamheads Profile |publisher=seamheads.com |access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref>

Allen earned a master's degree in education from the [[University of Southern California]] (USC) in 1951 and continued there with postgraduate work in administation and educaftion until 1953. He returned to the football coaching staff Arkansas AM&N in 1959 as line coach under [[Charles Spearman (American football)|Charles Spearman]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Arkansas State Adds Lamar Allen To The Golden Lions' Coaching Staff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-call/157805391/ |newspaper=[[The Call (Kansas City)|The Call]] |location=[[Kansas City, Missouri]] |date=September 4, 1959 |page=10 |access-date=October 25, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>


==Head coaching record==
==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football|Arkansas AM&N Golden Lions]]
| name = [[Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football|Arkansas AM&N Lions / Golden Lions]]
| conf = [[Southwestern Athletic Conference]]
| conf = [[Southwestern Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 1946
| startyear = 1946
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| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1946 college football season|1946]]
| year = [[1946 college football season|1946]]
| name = Arkansas AM&N
| name = [[1946 Arkansas AM&N Lions football team|Arkansas AM&N]]
| overall = 7–2–1
| overall = 7–2–1
| conference = 3–2–1
| conference = 3–2–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowlname = Cattle Bowl
| bowloutcome =
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking = no
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=a/allenbu01}} and [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=allen-000bud Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats] and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=allen01bud Seamheads]
* {{Baseballstats|br=a/allenbu01}} and [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=allen-000bud Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats] and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=allen01bud Seamheads]
* Buddy Allen at [http://arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.php?page=Buddy+Allen Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia]
* Buddy Allen at [http://arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.php?page=Buddy+Allen Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia]
* {{Find a grave|128040929}}


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Latest revision as of 02:17, 6 November 2024

Lamar Allen
Biographical details
Born(1914-11-25)November 25, 1914
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedMay 16, 1989(1989-05-16) (aged 74)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Playing career
1936–1939Arkansas AM&N
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946–1949Arkansas AM&N
1959Arkansas AM&N (line)
Head coaching record
Overall17–19–5
Bowls1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Records
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
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

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 administation 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

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
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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  1. ^ "Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia | Buddy Allen".
  2. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  3. ^ DeLassus, David. "Arkansas-Pine Bluff Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "Arkansas's "White" Newspaper Chose All-Star Teams for State's All-Black Schools". April 12, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "Buddy Allen Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "Arkansas State Adds Lamar Allen To The Golden Lions' Coaching Staff". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. September 4, 1959. p. 10. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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