Burton Gray Allen

Burton Gray "Scutt" Allen (January 7, 1889 November 17, 1950) was a college football player and dog breeder.[1] He was a prominent guard for coach Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers football teams of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1908 to 1911.[2][3] Allen was selected All-Southern in 1910 by Dick Jemison and Bill Cunningham.[4][5]

Burton Gray Allen
Auburn Tigers
PositionGuard
Class1912
Career history
CollegeAuburn (19081911)
Personal information
Born:(1889-01-07)January 7, 1889
Demopolis, Alabama
Died:November 17, 1950(1950-11-17) (aged 61)
Career highlights and awards

References

  1. "The Field Dog Stud Book".
  2. "1911 Glomerata: Vol. 14". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  3. "Catalogue of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama".
  4. Dick Jemison (November 27, 1910). "Nine of the Football Stars Picked on Jemison's All Southern Eleven". Atlanta Constitution. p. 1. Retrieved March 9, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "An All-Southern Team From 1910 Football". Weekly Banner. December 2, 1910. p. 2. Retrieved March 5, 2015 via Digital Library of Georgia.
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