Burton Gray Allen

Burton Gray Allen
Auburn Tigers
Position Guard
Class 1912
Career history
College Auburn (1908–1911)
Personal information
Date of birth (1889-01-07)January 7, 1889
Place of birth Demopolis, Alabama
Date of death November 17, 1950(1950-11-17) (aged 61)
Career highlights and awards

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]

References

  1. ↑ "The Field Dog Stud Book".
  2. ↑ "1911 Glomerata: Vol. 14".
  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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