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George Herbert Allen (April 29, 1918 – December 31, 1990) was an American football coach. He served as the head coach for two teams in the National Football League (NFL), the Los Angeles Rams from 1966 to 1970 and the Washington Redskins from 1971 to 1977.
After a year of learning the intricacies of football coaching from Crisler and Oosterbaan, Allen became the head football coach of the Morningside Mustangs, a college football team based in Sioux City, IA.
George Allen (born April 29, 1922, Detroit, Mich., U.S.—died Dec. 31, 1990, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) was an American professional football coach. Allen attended Alma College (Michigan) and Marquette University (Wisconsin) and received an M.S. from the University of Michigan (1947).
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In 12 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams from 1966 through 1970 and the Washington Redskins from 1971 through 1977, George Allen compiled a 116-47-5 regular season record as a head coach. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Allen had the reputation of being a coach who could transform perpetual losing teams into winners.
Jan 1, 1991 · George Allen, a hard-driving, slightly eccentric football coach who had a knack for making winners out of losing teams, died today at age 72. Greg Allen said his father had died at home...
Jan 1, 1991 · George Allen, the steely personification of the victory-obsessed football coach, who motivated underachieving Los Angeles Rams and over-the-hill Washington Redskins teams into perennial ...
George Allen was a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1977, finishing his career as the head coach of the Washington Redskins. Over his twenty-one years of coaching his teams compiled a cumulative win/loss record of 185-93-8.