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:''For the college football coach at Cumberland University of the same name, see [[George E. Allen]]. For the professional football coach, see [[George Allen (American football coach)]].''
{{Infobox college coach
| name = George E. Allen
| image = Eck Allen.png
| alt = 
| caption = Allen pictured in ''The Prism 1943'', Maine yearbook
| sport = [[American football|Football]], [[basketball]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|12|31}}
| birth_place = [[Greenup County, Kentucky|Oldtown, Kentucky]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|9|2|1911|12|31}}
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = 
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1932–1934
| player_team2 = [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]]
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1935
| coach_team2 = [[Parkersburg High School|Parkersburg HS (WV)]] (backfield)
| coach_years3 = 1936
| coach_team3 = [[Parkersburg High School|Parkersburg HS (WV)]]
| coach_years4 = 1937–1940
| coach_team4 = [[Brown Bears football|Brown]] (backfield)
| coach_years5 = 1941
| coach_team5 = [[Maine Black Bears football|Maine]]
| coach_years6 = 1946–1948
| coach_team6 = [[Maine Black Bears football|Maine]]
| coach_years7 = 1949–c. 1954
| coach_team7 = [[Fordham Rams football|Fordham]] (backfield)
| coach_sport8 = Basketball
| coach_years9 = 1935–1937
| coach_team9 = [[Parkersburg High School|Parkersburg HS (WV)]]
| coach_years10 = 1938–1941
| coach_team10 = [[Brown Bears|Brown]]
| coach_years11 = 1945–1949
| coach_team11 = [[Maine Black Bears|Maine]]
| overall_record = 15–11–2 (college football)<br>73–53 (college basketball)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = Basketball<br>0–1 ([[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|NCAA]])
| championships = 
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''George Elliott "Eck" Allen''' (December 31, 1911 – September 2, 1997) was an [[American football]] player and coach of football and [[basketball]].  He served as the head football coach at the [[University of Maine]] in 1941 and from 1946 to 1948, tallying a mark of 15–11–2.  Allen was also the head basketball coach at [[Brown University]] from 1938 to 1941 and at Maine from 1945 to 1949, compiling a career [[college basketball]] record of 73–53.

==Early life and playing career==
Allen was born in [[Oldtown, Kentucky]] and attended high school in [[Ashland, Kentucky|Ashland]].  He played football at the [[West Virginia University]] from 1932 to 1934.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maine Picks Allen As Football Head; McLaughry's Aide at Brown Succeeds Brice -- Starred at West Virginia |author= |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1941/01/23/85297151.pdf |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 23, 1941 |accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref>

==Later life and death==
After retiring from coaching, Allen worked as a salesman of materials used in steel production.  He died on September 2, 1997 at the age of 85 after a long illness.  He was a resident of [[Kissimmee, Florida]] at the time of his death.<ref>{{cite news|title=Allen |author= |url=http://archive.osceolanewsgazette.com/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=2388&Itemid=2 |newspaper=Osceola News-Gazette |date=September 1997 |accessdate=October 23, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083748/http://archive.osceolanewsgazette.com/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=2388&Itemid=2 |archivedate=April 25, 2012 |df= }}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===College football===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Maine Black Bears football|Maine Black Bears]]
 | conf      = [[Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
 | startyear = 1941
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1941 college football season|1941]]
 | name         = Maine
 | overall      = 3–2–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Maine Black Bears football|Maine Black Bears]]
 | conf      = [[Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
 | startyear = 1946
 | endyear   = 1948
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1946 college football season|1946]]
 | name         = Maine
 | overall      = 2–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1947 college football season|1947]]
 | name         = [[1947 Maine Black Bears football team|Maine]]
 | overall      = 6–1
 | conference   = 2–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1948 college football season|1948]]
 | name         = Maine
 | overall      = 4–3
 | conference   = 1–2
 | confstanding = 5th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Maine
 | overall    = 15–11–2
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 15–11–2
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

===College basketball===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Brown Bears men's basketball|Brown Bears]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1938
 | endyear    = 1941
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1938–39
 | name         = Brown
 | overall      = 16–4
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = [[1939 NCAA Basketball Tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1939–40
 | name         = Brown
 | overall      = 13–6
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1940–41
 | name         = Brown
 | overall      = 10–10
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Brown
 | overall    = 39–20 ({{Winning percentage|39|20}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Maine Black Bears men's basketball|Maine Black Bears]]
 | conference = [[Yankee Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1945
 | endyear    = 1947
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1945–46
 | name         = Maine
 | overall      = 10–4
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1946–47
 | name         = Maine
 | overall      = 9–8
 | conference   = 2–4
 | confstanding = 4th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1947–48
 | name         = Maine
 | overall      = 11–7
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1948–49
 | name         = Maine
 | overall      = 4–14
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Maine
 | overall    = 34–33 ({{Winning percentage|34|33}})
 | confrecord = 6–8 ({{Winning percentage|6|8}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = 73–53 ({{Winning percentage|73|53}})
 | legend  = no
}}

==See also==
* [[List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|76029872}}

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