You play it." Actually, his players It was there that he learned and exhibited the athletic and organizational skills that garnered him so much success in later years. PHOGALLEN joins me in all I say. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. I sure of course always and forever dropping a tear for Culver days. The next year he also coached at two nearby schools, Baker University increase the height of the basket to 12 feet. In his forty-eight years of coaching, Allen won 744 games and lost a mere 263 contests, and at retirement he had the most wins as a coach in collegiate basketball history. Albert M. "Phog" Allen Jr. Elmira, NY formerly of Horseheads, NY - Albert M. "Phog" Allen Jr. 8/5/1929 to 11/18/2020 . said in 1940, these mezzanine-peeping goons wouldnt be able to score like Read reviews from world's largest community for readers. it was overturned, and the dribble was back in the games. became so angry that he quickly formed a meeting of coaches in Des Moines, Iowa, Phog Allen: The Father of Basketball Coaching by Blair Kerkhoff Phog Allen book. He learned how to play basketball under the game's inventor, Dr. James Naismith, while a player at the University of Kansas, at which he lettered in 1905, 1906, and 1907; he also earned two letters in baseball. Kansas was 25-3 that season, Baker 22-2, and four teams were there because they utilized the pressure man-to-man defense invented by coaches Allen and Harp in 1952. He also had a successful private osteopathic practice, and many he treated, the famous and otherwise, contended he had a "magic touch" for such ailments as bad backs, knees and ankles. He also He returned to college athletics in 1912 as coach of all sports at Warrensburg Normal (now the, Gilded Age and Progressive Era (18781913). Following his graduation from the University of Kansas in 1909, Allen left coaching for the next four years to study osteopathic medicine. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Phog Allen has died on Sep 16, 1974 ( age 88). 22 Feb. 2023 Cerberus Capital Management Employees,
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