Allen, Forrest
Died: 1974 AD, at 88 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Basketball Coach
1885 - Allen was born in Jamesport, Missouri on November 18, 1885.
1905 - Graduated from Missouri Independence High School.
1905-1909 - Attended University of Kansas where he started his coaching career. Became a coach for Baker University and Warrensburg Normal College.
1912-1919 - Became a coach for Warrensburg Normal College.
1919-1956 - Returned to University of Kansas to coach again the basketball team. Published his first book entitled My Basketball Bible in the year 1924. He was responsible for the addition of basketball to Olympics in the year 1936. He received the 1950 NABC National Coach of the Year award. He coached the United States Basketball Team at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He compiled a 771-233 record as a college basketball coach. He was chosen by Helms Foundation as "1952 Basketball Man of the Year".
1974 - Died on September 19, 1974.
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Phog Allen: The Father of Basketball Coaching by Blair Kerkhoff (Hardcover - Dec 25, 1996) |
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Beware of the Phog: 50 Years of Allen Fieldhouse by Doug Vance and Jeff Bollig (Hardcover - Dec 1, 2004) In the world of college basketball, few structures can match the aura of the massive limestone edifice situated on the University of Kansas campus known as Allen Fieldhouse. Dedicated 50 years ago on... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Basketball by Dr. Forrest C. Phog Foster, Harold E. B Allen (Hardcover - Jul 25, 1966) |
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My basket-ball bible by Forrest Claire Allen (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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Coach "Phog" Allen's sports stories for you and youth by Forrest Claire Allen (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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Two Peach Baskets: The Little Basketball; Phog Allen, Doc Naismith, and I : Reminiscences of a Kansas Boy by Bernice L. Webb (Paperback - Nov 25, 1991)  |
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