Claude Allen (athlete), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Claude Allen (athlete)

Track and field athlete; college coach

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1885

Place of Birth: Olean, New York, United States

Date of Death: 18-Jan-1979

Profession: basketball coach, athletics competitor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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 and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.