Claude Allen
American pole vaulter and basketball coach
About Claude Allen
Lived 1885 – 1979 (aged 93). Claude Allen was an American basketball coach, pole vaulter and head coach.
Claude Arthur Allen (April 29, 1885, in Olean, New York – January 18, 1979, in Roselle, New Jersey) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and a college basketball head coach. In 1904, Allen placed fifth in the pole vault competition.
Allen coached the Niagara basketball team for the 1909–10 season and the St. John's basketball team for the 1910–11 season. Allen's St. John's team finished the season with a 14–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation. In addition, this team was retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.
In his college years, he attended and competed for Syracuse University.
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Who was Claude Allen?
American pole vaulter and basketball coach
When was Claude Allen born?
Claude Allen was born on 29 April 1885 in Olean.
When did Claude Allen die?
Claude Allen died on 18 January 1979 in Roselle.
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Claude Allen was a basketball coach, pole vaulter and head coach.
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Claude Allen was American.
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· DBpedia: Claude Allen (athlete)
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