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T.E. Allen was a fullback on the 1915 and 1916 OBU football teams, a forward on the 1916 and 1917 basketball teams, and a high jumper and weight man on the 1916 and 1917 track teams.
According to a teammate who nominated him for the OBU Athletic Hall of Fame, the 6-4, 220-pound Allen played 60 minutes of every football game and could run and throw. He also scored 20 points in a 31-30 victory over the University of Tulsa in 1917.
He left OBU in 1917 to join the Army during World War I. He later served as county superintendent of schools in Osage County for more than 30 years.
Allen is deceased.
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