Tiny Allen

Francis Coen "Tiny" Allen


Born:
April 15, 1924
Champaign, IL

Died:
April 16, 1957
Anderson, IN


Career
1940-41 Muncie Central High School - Indiana (High School)
1941-42 Muncie Central High School - Indiana (High School)
1945-46 Ball State Teachers College - Indiana (College)
1946-47 Ball State Teachers College - Indiana (College)
1947-48 American Legion Delaware Post - Muncie (Amateur)
1948-49 Oklahoma A&M (College)
1949-50 Oklahoma A&M (College)
1950-51 Anderson Packers (NPBL)

After graduating from Muncie Central, Allen entered the U.S. Navy to serve during World War 2. After the war, he attended Ball State and Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University). He moved to Anderson, where he played basketball for the Packers in their once NPBL season. He would then go on to work the Welker Ford Agency, and in 1957 took a job as a sales manager for the Edsel Division at Ford Motor Company. However, in early April of that year, he underwent an operation and died a week later from complications. He was only 33 years old.

Source:
Obituary, Anderson Daily Bulletin, April 16, 1957

Stats:
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=allenfr01