November 29, 1940

Mire John Le Griffith, Jrs
The Athletic Journal

6858 Glenwood Aves
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Mre Griffiths

-¥ em sending you a “glose* eis cs sabi tn salar Sedans aa
November 26.6 sue 45 te information that you asked for is as follows:

Allen, Forrest Ce, Director of Physical Bducation and Head Varsity
tasietbell coach, University of Kansas, Sern in Jamesport, Missouri,
1885. He is 65 years of age and has coached thirty years, winning
23 championships in thirty yearse

tn 1904 and 1906 he was.mnager and menber of the Kansas City

_ Athletic Club nations] championship basketbell teame (it that time

this was called the world's championship basketball team because the ;
Kansas City Athletic Club beat the Buffalo German Ye le Ce As team which
had won the Ojympic title at both the Pan American and the Ste Louis
World*s Fairs). %n 1906 and 1907 he ws a member of University of Kansas
Varvity basketball and baseball teams (captein of basketball team in

1907. 1908-8, Coach of the tniversity of Kansas basketball team (winning |
Missouri Valley championship both years). Also coached Haskell Indians in
1908-9, Seth teams ere located in the same town. 1912-1919, A

Director and Coach of all sports at Central Missouri State Teachers College
(Warrensburg, "issouri) basketball, baseball, football end tracks In

the year 1912 the football, basketball and baseball teams were undefeated,
finishing each sport with 1000%. In 1920 he was Mirector of Athletics

and Coach of Varsity basketball in the University of Kansas. In 1920 he
also coached the Kansas Versity football teams

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‘coaching mas from 1922 to 1927 when manses won six consecutive basketball
championships in Wisscuri Valley Conference. A string of forty-two ~~scenZue
Missouri Valley championship games werewbn in that period before there  —T/
was a loss sustained. Wren 195) bo 2008 Mage won four. conqueutiey
Pig Six championships.

aitds Gb icles ae thd pisces A kn Hts Also founder
of the National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States
in 1928 and served as president for the two years of 1928 and 1929,
He was also director of the four-year coaching cowrse in the School of
Education in the University of Kansas. Member National Joint Basketball
Rules Committee, on which he has served for the past thirteen yearse
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