Biographical details | |
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Born | c. 1877 Iowa, U.S. |
Died | May 13, 1907 (aged 30) Las Vegas, New Mexico, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Playing career | |
1897–1898 | Michigan |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1899 | Michigan (varsity reserves) |
1900 | Washington Agricultural |
1902 | Washington Agricultural |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 6–3–1 |
William Lindsay Allen, sometimes identified as William Luedyard Allen, (c. 1877 – May 13, 1907) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Michigan and was a player on the 1898 Michigan Wolverines football team that won the school's first Western Conference championship. During the 1900 and 1902 college football seasons, he was the head football coach at Washington Agricultural College and School of Science—now known as Washington State University—in Pullman, Washington. He compiled a record of 6–3–1 as the head coach at Washington Agricultural.