Coach George Allen

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Coach George Allen is written by Lee Elder and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476645981 (ISBN 10) and 9781476645988 (ISBN 13).

How did legendary football coach George Allen (1918-1990) consistently build winning teams at both the college and professional levels? This first full-length biography examines his applied philosophy of coaching through comprehensive coverage of his tenures at the collegiate level. His stormy relationships with team owners are detailed, along with his historic divorce from the Chicago Bears. The two most important plays of Allen's career are analyzed. Appendices provide a list of Allen's NFL trades, his key draft picks, a statistical breakdown of his NFL offenses and a comparison with other top coaches of his era.