Buddy Allen
Lamar "Buddy" Allen, born November 25th, 1914, in Pine Bluff, AR, was a Negro League baseball player with the Birmingham Black Barons about 1940.Biography
Multiple sources indicate Allen played the Birmingham Barons. This is quite possible considering Allen had a long career in athletics. He was a an All-American quarterback for AM&N college before coaching the football program at the school from 1942-1951. Allen was inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 1999.
Allen died on May 16th, 1989 in Los Angeles, CA.
Statistics
It is possible Buddy Allen is the same as the Alex Allen
Sources
1) Arkansas State Press, 94/1959
2) Taylor Field: A Diamond in the Rough, By George A. Lea, 2008
3) "Allen, Eight Others Inducted into SWAC Hall of Fame", Birmingham News, 12/10/1999
4) Los Angeles Tribune, 9/4/1959
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