:Claude Allen (athlete)

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Claude Arthur Allen (April 29, 1885, in Olean, New York – January 18, 1979, in Roselle, New Jersey) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and a college basketball head coach. In 1904, Allen placed fifth in the pole vault competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78034 |title=Claude Allen |work=Olympedia |access-date=February 2, 2021}}

Allen coached the Niagara basketball team for the 1909–10 season and the St. John's basketball team for the 1910–11 season. Allen's St. John's team finished the season with a 14–0 record{{cite web| title =St. John's season-by-season results| work =sports-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| year=2014| url =https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/st-johns-ny/| accessdate =May 12, 2014}} and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.{{cite web| title =NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions| publisher =Rauzulu's Street| year=2004| url =http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm| accessdate =May 12, 2014}}{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|editor-last=ESPN|publisher=ESPN Books|location=New York, NY|year=2009|page=532|isbn=978-0-345-51392-2}}

In his college years, he attended and competed for Syracuse University.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78034 |title=Claude Allen |author= |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=11 July 2022}}