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Frank Gates Allen (February 14, 1858 – August 30, 1940) was an American football player and businessman. He played for the first college football team at the University of Michigan and was a forward on the 1879 and 1880 Michigan Wolverines football teams.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library )〕 After graduating from Michigan, Allen moved to Moline, Illinois, where he became a manufacturer of plows. He was for many years the president and general manager of the Moline Plow Company and president of the Moline State Trust and Savings Bank. After retiring as the bank president, he remained chairman of the board. He was also a 33rd degree Mason.〔 In 1918, the Willys-Overland Co. purchased a majority interest in the Moline Plow Company, but Allen remained the president and general manager of the company. His daughter, Marjorie Allen Seiffert, was a nationally-known poet.〔 In the 1930s, Allen donated his home in Moline, valued at $200,000, to the Moline Board of Education.〔 Allen died of heart disease at his daughter's home in Moline in August 1940. ==See also== *1879 Michigan Wolverines football team *1880 Michigan Wolverines football team 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Gates Allen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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