Who's Who of Sports Coaches

The biographies of the coaches cited in Chapter 6 are included at the beginning of each interview.

Dick Allen

A former American Major League Baseball player, he played first and third base and outfield in the Major League, and ranked among the sport's top offensive players of the 1960s and early 1970s.

George Allen

An American football coach in the NFL and the United States Football League. Allen had the third best winning percentage in the NFL (.681), exceeded only by Vince Lombardi (.736) and John Madden (.731). He also never coached a team to a losing season. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002.

Arnold “Red” Auerbach

An American basketball coach who headed the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities ...

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