caption player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
allen from the 1900 '' michiganensian '' michigan may 13 , 1907 -lrb- aged 30 -rrb- las vegas , new mexico 1899 1900 1902 iowa guard 6 -- 3 -- 1 1897 -- 1898 michigan -lrb- varsity reserves -rrb- washington state washington state 30 football c. 1877 william l. allen 1900.png william l. allen
 william l. allen university of michigan
william l. allen

william lindsay allen , sometimes identified as william luedyard allen , -lrb- c. 1877 -- may 13 , 1907 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
he played college football at the university of michigan and was a player on the 1898 michigan wolverines football team that won the school 's first western conference championship .
during the 1900 and 1902 college football seasons , he was the head football coach at washington agricultural college -lrb- later known as washington state university -rrb- located in pullman , washington .
he compiled a record of 6 -- 3 -- 1 as the head coach at washington agricultural .
