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
| 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
- ^ "Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia | Buddy Allen".
- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Arkansas-Pine Bluff Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
- ^ "Arkansas's "White" Newspaper Chose All-Star Teams for State's All-Black Schools". April 12, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Buddy Allen Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ "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
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External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats and Seamheads
- Buddy Allen at Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia
- Lamar Allen at Find a Grave