Hall of Fame

Lamar "Buddy" Allen

  • Class
  • Induction
    1999
  • Sport(s)
    Football , Administration
  • Arkansas-Pine Bluff
  • Collegiate Athletics & Professional Play
    • He played college football at Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas AM&N), which is now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB).
    • In baseball, he played center field for the Birmingham Black Barons in the Negro leagues in 1940.
    • His physical profile (from baseball-reference / Bullpen): about 5’8”, 161 lb.
  • Coaching & Administrative Career
    • Allen became head football coach at Arkansas AM&N from 1946 to 1949, compiling a record of 17 wins, 19 losses, and 5 ties.
    • In his first season (1946), his team went 8-2-1 and won the “Cattle Bowl” vs. Lane.
    • He later returned (1959) as line coach under head coach Charles Spearman at the same school.