 Jeardeau in 1897 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1, 1866 Grant County, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | April 10, 1900 (aged 34) Grant County, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1895 | Platteville Normal |
| 1896–1897 | LSU |
| 1898 | Platteville Normal |
| Baseball | |
| 1898 | LSU |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–2–1 (football) 2–3 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 SIAA (1896) | |
Allen Wilson Jeardeau (April 1, 1866 – April 10, 1900) was an American college football and college baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at the Platteville Normal School—now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville—in 1895 and 1898 and at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1896 to 1897.[2] In 1896, his first season with the LSU Tigers, Jeardeau led the team to a 6–0 record and a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship. He was also the head coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team in 1898.[citation needed] Jeardeau was a graduate of the Platteville Normal School and a student at Harvard University. He died of pneumonia on April 10, 1900, at his home near Platteville, Wisconsin.[3][4]
- ^ Harvard University. Class of 1896 (1911). Secretary's ... Report. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "LSU Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Allen Jeardeau". The Daily Tribune. April 14, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved September 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Allen Jeardeau". The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune. Centralia, Wisconsin. April 14, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved May 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com .
