Ermal Allen

Ermal Allen

Allen during his basketball career at Kentucky
No. 66
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(1918-12-25)December 25, 1918 Kyles Ford, Tennessee
Died:	February 9, 1988(1988-02-09) (aged 69) Dallas, Texas
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school:	Morristown High School
College:	University of Kentucky
NFL Draft:	1947 / Round: 3 / Pick: 18
Career history
As player:
Cleveland Browns (1947)
As coach:
University of Kentucky, OC (1948–1953) University of Kentucky, DC (1954–1961) Dallas Cowboys, QB/RB (1962–1969) Dallas Cowboys, R&D (1970–1983)
Career highlights and awards
As player: AAFC Champion (1947) As coach: 2× Super Bowl champion (VI, XII)
Career NFL statistics as of 1947
Games: 12 Pass completions: 4 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

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As coach:

Ermal Glenn Allen (December 25, 1918 – February 9, 1988) was an American football quarterback and assistant coach. He grew up in Tennessee and attended the University of Kentucky, where he played basketball, track, golf, and football. After four years in the U.S. Army during World War II, Allen was drafted in 1947 by the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He instead went to play for the Cleveland Browns of the competing All-America Football Conference, who won the league championship that year.

Allen played in Cleveland for one season, returning to the University of Kentucky in 1948 to serve as an assistant football coach under Bear Bryant. He stayed at Kentucky after Blanton Collier took over as head coach in 1954, working as the team's defensive coordinator. In 1962, Tom Landry hired him as a backfield coach on the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. He became the head of the Cowboys' research and development department in 1970 and was charged with scouting opponents. The Cowboys won Super Bowl VI in 1972. Allen remained with the team until retiring in 1983. He died of cancer in 1998 in a Dallas hospital.

Allen grew up in Morristown, Tennessee and was a star athlete at Morristown High School. He attended the University of Kentucky, where he played football, basketball, track and golf. He was on the varsity football team between 1939 and 1941, playing as a tailback under head coach A. D. Kirwan. The team finished with winning records in each of the seasons Allen played, but was not ranked in the AP Poll of the best college teams in the country. Allen was a triple threat man, handling passing, running and kicking duties for Kentucky.