Phog Allen--of KU Basketball Fame--Had Strong Ties to Area
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Phog Allen--of KU Basketball Fame--Had Strong Ties to Area
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Biographical article about Forrest C. (Phog) Allen, or Phog Allen, founder of the basketball program at the University of Kansas in Lawrence and former resident of the Kansas City area. Allen was a native of Jamesport, Missouri and moved with his family to Independence in 1887, where in 1903 he met James Naismith, the inventor of the sport of basketball. Allen then moved to Lawrence to become a basketball player on its new team (coached by Naismith) and after graduation earned "a degree in osteopathy from the Kansas City School of Osteopathy." After coaching at the State Teachers College in Warrensburg, Missouri, he became director of athletics and basketball coach at the University of Kansas from 1919 to 1958.
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1988-12-28
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The Kansas City Star
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Phog Allen was twice named coach of the year, coached the 1952 United States gold medal team, was elected to both the national and Missouri Sports Halls of Fame, and was the founder and first president of the National Basketball Coaches Association. The basketball hall of fame in Springfield, Massachusetts and the basketball fieldhouse in Lawrence are both named for him.
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Microfiche Newspaper Clippings
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This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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