Stub Allison
American football head coach
1892 – 1961
Who was Stub Allison?
Leonard Blaine "Stub" Allison was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Washington, the University of South Dakota, at the University of California, Berkeley, compiling a career college football record of 80–66–5. At California, Allison amassed a 58–42–2 record. In 1937 and 1938, he guided the Bears to back-to-back ten-win seasons, the only such occurrence in school history. His 1937 squad, dubbed the "Thunder Team", won the 1938 Rose Bowl, was named the national champions by a number of selectors, and is considered by some sportswriters to have been the best team in school history. While at Washington, Allison also coached the baseball team, in 1920 and 1921, and the basketball team, in 1920.
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