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 TO THE PRESS AND RADIO:
Here is your copy of the Kentucky \=Vildcats football facts booklet
for 1955 which we sincerely hope will aid you in covering U. of K.
this season. If you desire additional information or art, please feel I
free to contact the Sports Publicity Office. _ 1
Applications for working press and radio tickets should be directed .
to the Sports Publicity Office as far in advance as possible. Tickets E
will be mailed or you will be notified to pick them up at the Informa-
tion Window in Memorial Coliseum, directly across the street from the
stadium. Admission to the press box is limited to male personnel.
If you intend to file from the press box, please so advise when re- I
questing passes in order that you may be assigned a seat adjacent to your {
\Vestern Union operator. It is advisable also to make advance re- ,
servations with the Lexington office of \Vestern Union.
Radio stations desiring to broadcast from Stoll Field must hrst se-
cure a permit from the University Radio Director outlining sponsors,
fees paid, and any network arrangement. Booth assignment and
tickets will be issued by the Sports Publicity Ofiice upon approval of I
the application by the Radio Director. Spotters are available if re— l
quested in advance. Stations should order lines installed by contacting {
the Lexington Telephone Company.
Televising of games is restricted as follows: Simultaneous telecast-
ing is prohibited except in the event the contest has been selected for
showing to the NCAA—approved network and express permission has
been granted by the University Radio Director and Athletic Director.
Filmed highlights of the game not exceeding lO minutes in length may
be televised immediately following the game and, upon official ap- ;
proval, a complete game film may be shown after l2 noon on the Sun- Q
day immediately following the contest.  
Your press—radio-photo pass entitles you to enter any stadium gate 2
on your way to the press box. \Nhen leaving the box late after the  
game, you will find gate number one open. This gate, under Section A fg
at the left end of the stands on the opposite side of the Held from the ·
press box, is an exit to Avenue of Champions in front of Memorial `
Coliseum.  
KEN KUHN
Sports Publicity Editor

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 CONTENTS T
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1955 Schedule and 1954 Scores ......................................................,............................. 5
U.K. General Information, Athletic Staff .................................................................... 6 1
Athletics at Kentucky ..,....,.................................................,...................,...................... 7 ~|
Sketch—Athletic Director Shively ......................................................,........................,., 8-9  
Stoll Field—McLean Stadium- ...............,...............,..,............................................,..,.,. 10 il
Sketch—Coach Collier ....................,,,,,................,.....,.,...................,,......................... 11-13 -1
Sketches—Assistant Coaches ....,............................,....,..............................t................ 14-16
Kentucky Captains and Coaches Through the Years .,......,....................................... 17-18
Outlook For 1955 .....,. . .............................,............. . .................................................... 19-22
Final SEC Standings—19S4 ................,..........,............,..............,.................................... 22
Sketch—AlI-America Candidate Bob Hardy ............................................................ 23-24
Kentucky AlI—Americans, All-Conference Players .... . .........................,...............,......,.. 25 ,
Pre-Season All-SEC Team ................................................................................................ 26 i
All-Time Kentucky Team, 1954 All-Opponent Team ............ . ........,.,.............,.........,.. 27 {
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Lettermen Lost .........................,r....,....................................................,.........................,, 28 `
Position Summary ..........................................................................................,........r...... 29
Modern Record At A Glance ................ . .....................,..,..,.r.,.......,.........................,....... 30
Kentucky’s Bowl Record ........................,...........................................,.,..........,.............. 31 I
National Records Set By Kentucky .....,.......,.........................................,......................., 32 {
SEC Records Held By Kentucky ............ . .....................,.....,...,.................................,... 33-35 ‘
Varsity Roster—1955 ...................................r.,,...........,........,...................................... 36-38  
Background Briefs on Players ......,.....,....................................................................... 39-56  
Composite Opponent Schedule .......,....... . .................................................,...,..,............. 57 t
Schedule Details ............,...,......................... .. ...............,...........,,..................... . ........... 58-69 Qi
Final Statistics—1954 ........., . .,............. . ,......................... . ...........,.............................. 70-72  
Press-Radio-TV Outlets ................................................,................................................. 73  
Sketch—University of Kentucky ...r..............................................................................,. 74  
WiIdcats’ Record Against All Opponents .................................................................. 75-77
Freshman Schedule, 1954 Results ......,.........r......................,.................,...................... 77
U.K. All-Time Football Record ....................................,......,.......................,.............. 78-84  
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 = 'I955 KENTUCKY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
3 Date Opponent Site Starting Time
Sept. 17 *Louisiana State—Bat0n Rouge ..........,.......,... 8:00 p.m. (CST)
3 Sept. 24 *Mississippi—Lexingt0n .......................,....,....... 8:00 p.m. (CST)
tl Oct. 1 Villanova-Lexington ......................,............... 8:00 p.m. (CST)
gl Oct. 8 *Auburn—Birmingham .....,................................ 2:00 p.1n. (CST)
  Oct. 15 *Miss. State—Lexington   ................................ 8:00 p.m. (CST)
` 1 Oct. 22 *F10rida-Lexington ..........,.............................., 8:00 p.m. (CST)
» 7 Oct. 29 Rice—Lexington (Homecoming Game) ........ 2:00 p.m. (CST)
Nov. 5 *Vanderbi1t—Nashvil1e ...................................... 2:00 p.m. (CST)
Nov. 12 Memphis State—Lexingt0n ............................ 2:00 p.m. (CST)
Nov. 19 ‘i°Tennessee—Lexington ...................................... 1:30 p.m. (CST)
  Southeastern Conference Game.
i 1954 SEASON SCORES
. Crowd
‘ Date Opponent Site UK Opp. Estimate
Sept. 18 Maryland .............................. (H) 0 20 36,000
, Sept. 25 *Mississippi ............................ (N) 9 28 28,000
1 Oct. 2 *Louisiana State .................... (H) 7 6 33,000
1 Oct. 9 *Auburn ........ . ........................   21 14 33,000
  Oct. 16 *F1orida .................................. (A) 7 21 32,000
( Oct. 23 *Georgia Tech ...................... (A) 13 6 34,000
` Oct. 30 Villanova .............................. (H) 28 3 22,500
l Nov. 6 *Vanderbilt ...........   .............. (H) 19 7 28,000
  Nov. 13 Memphis State ....................   33 7 20,000
  Nov. 20 *Tennessee .....................,........ (A) 14 13 31.800
.* 151 125 298,300
{ Home Attendance—6 Games .................... 172,500
* Conference Game.
{ 1954 Conference Finish: Tied for third (5-2-0)
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 ~ UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
General Information
LOCATION — LEXINGTON, a community of about 100,000 in the
heart of Kentucky’s famed Bluegrass region. Renowned as the  
thoroughbred horse breeding center of the world, and known also ·
as the world’s largest loose-leaf tobacco market. It is located about
80 miles east of Louisville and 85 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio. .
FOUNDED—l865 .
ENROLLMENT—Approximately 6,000 (4,000 n1en—2,000 women)
PRESIDENT —Dr. Herman L. Donovan I
VICE-PRESIDENT—Dr. Leo M. Chamberlain
FACULTY CHAIRMAN OF ATHLETICS—Dr. A. D. Kirwan
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE —— Southeastern  
NICKNAME OF TEAMS — I/Vildcats  
STADIUM ——McLean Stadium on Stoll Field (capacity 36,000)  
GYMNASIUM — Memorial Coliseum (capacity 13,000)  
BAND—"l\/Iarching 10()" (all male)  
FIGHT SONG—“On, On U. of K."  
COLORS — Blue and White  
Athletic Staff  
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR—Bernie A. Shiveley (Illinois ’27)  
HEAD FOOTBALL COACH—Blanton Collier (Georgetown '2'F)  
ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACHES—Er1nal Allen (Kentucky ’42), .l
Clarence Underwood (Marshall ’3S), Matt Lair (Kentucky ’48), Bill
Arnsparger (Miami, O. ’50), Charles Bradshaw (Kentucky ’50), and
Bill Moseley (Kentucky ’45).
HEAD BASKETBALL COACH —Adolph Rupp (Kansas ’23)
ASST. BB COACH — Harry Lancaster (Georgetown ’32) (
OTHER SPORTS COACHES—Track: Don Seaton; Baseball: Harry
Lancaster; Swimming: Algie Reece; Tennis: H. H. Downing; Golf:
johnny Owens; Fencing and Rifle: Col. Henry Rogers.
TICKET SALES MANAGER-— Harvey Hodges (Kentucky ’3l)
SPORTS PUBLICITY EDITOR- Ken Kuhn (Michigan State ’42)
'I`RAINER—]ohn Payne (Louisiana State ’50)
EQUIPMENT MANAGER — S. C. (Buster) Brown
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 ATHLETICS AT KENTUCKY
E Kentucky's athletics program is organized under the Department of
_ Athletics and a corporation known as the University of Kentucky Ath-
letic Association.
A firm believer in sports and sportsmanship, Dr. Leo M. Chamber»
lain, Vice-President of the University, has general supervision over the
Department and also serves as vice chairman of the Board of Directors
_ of the Association.
q Former UK football player and one—time \*Vildcat coach, Dr. A. D.
. Kirwan. acts as secretary to the Association. He also is the school’s
l faculty representative to the Southeastern Conference.
  Bernie A. Shively heads the Department as Director of Athletics.
  Maintaining over-all control of U.K. athletics affairs is the Board of
  Directors of the Athletics Association, composed of the President of the
  University and l0 other directors appointed by him, including five mem.
f bers of the faculty of the University, the president of the Student Gov-
_ ernment Association, an alumnus of the school, a member of the U.K.
  Board of Trustees, and two others. Frank D. Peterson, University
  Vice President of Business Administration, serves the board as treasurer.
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  The current Board of Directors consists of the following members:
ii Dr. H. L. Donovan, Dr. Leo M. Chamberlain,
Chairman Vice Chairman
l Dr. A. D. Kirwan, Secretary Robert Hobson
Thomas H. Ballantine M. E. Ligon
E George K. Brady Paul Oberst
Aubrey   Brown Don X»Vhitehouse (Student)
Thomas Clark H. D, Palmore
Lyman Ginger D. V. Terrell
. \*Villiam A. Tolman
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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS ;
BERNIE A. SHIVELY _
Supervising the steady growth and balanced development of one -
of the nation’s top athletic programs is the Herculean task being car- i
ried out successfully by Bernie A. Shively.  
Few who have observed the untiring efforts of the tall, silver- °
haired former All-America footballer in the service of the University  
of Kentucky as Director of Athletics since 1938 will argue his fitness Q
as an athletic Hercules. Not only has Shively guided the development  
of Kentucky as a nationally-  
. respected power in major sports, i
    but he has also gained personal `
V  _.;.      » , prestige through a fair-minded
      A A approach to many problems.
;,; g     . During his tenure as Athletic
  I   i if vini   Director, Shively has directly su-
    "   Pm-vjsed major expansi0HS ifi J
    '/u ··i· ;_     Kentucky’s athletic plant result-
 _ ·     ~ ing from the progression of the
  ·~--     , sch0ol’s tootbaii and basmbaii
    ’  ;lj`     A [ teams to greater national promi-
~   /_,_’, fi   >=*=?fZ?  ‘ . nence and increased patronage
· _ Qi    -   ·i by the sports—minded public.
  [ I       i`i The seating capacity of Ken- g
  fri '_ §_   r·· r ‘·‘   ‘‘*’ ’c   niil t ucky’s football stadium, McLean l
 Z; ·—j»   . V -   I Stadium on Stoll Field, has been I
    lv ~   doubled to bring the current ,
 if ` I   ~’., ‘ number of seats to approximate-  
¤ ly 36,000 and on par with most gj
  other schools located in heavier-  
jr} j populated areas. Powerful light- j
I 4 ing equipment also was installed "
during the 1948-49 construction
to bring night football into new popularity. Partly to satisfy the over-
whelming number of basketball devotees, who could not squeeze into
the 2,800-seat Alumni Gymnasium, a long-planned Memorial Coliseum
was completed in 1950. Seating 12,000 persons for cage contests, the
four-million dollar Coliseum also houses the Athletic Department and
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i provides the first permanent home for the school's many minor sports
2 teams. More recently, within the past year, the Athletics Association
1 has completed other facilities to make the life of its athletes more com-
. fortable. Members of the football team last l\farch moved into two
V modern ranch-style living units known as "Kentucky Manor" and "Kit-
, ten Lodge." The new dormitories house both the varsity and freshman
i teams and replace three frame houses which the gridders had occupied
§ since 1946. And this fall, a large new dressing room building was com-
f pleted on property located adjacent to the new practice field and a
I short distance from the football houses,
  A native of Paris, Ill., Shively attended the University of Illinois
  where he was an All-America guard in 1926 on the same grid team
  made famous by Red Grange. Demonstrating a claim to being one of
{ the finest all-around athletes in Illinois history, "Shive" also laid claim
I to the Big 10 heavyweight wrestling championship and annexed letters
in track before graduating in 1927.
Shively came to Kentucky in 1927 as line coach of football under
j Harry Gammage. A shift in the coaching ranks in 1933 resulted in
Shively’s promotion to head of the UK Physical Education Department,
a position he retained until he succeeded Chet I/Vynne as Athletic
I Director in 1938. During this period and the years following, he also
served as track and baseball coach for several seasons and continued
to assist the football staff as line coach until 1944. The next year, 1945.
he assumed full charge of the grid squad for one season before turning
the job over to mentor Paul (Bear) Bryant in 1946.
The Kentucky Athletic Director served as chairman of the South-
i eastern Conference basketball committee for a number of years and
1 is the current president of the SEC Coaches and Athletic Directors
_ Association. In 1951, he took over the added task of establishing a
tj booking oflice for football and basketball officials for the Ohio Valley
  Conference and heads the office as Supervisor of Officials. Familiarly
  known to his many friends as "Shive," he also has been active in numer-
  ous other civic and state organizations and projects.
A VICTORY KICKS
A game unique in University of Kentucky football history occurred
in 1900. Kentucky beat the Louisville YMCA, 12-6, without running a
single offensive play during the entire game. Kicking on first down
every time they gained possession of the ball, Kentucky made its scores
through the recovery of opponent fumbles in the end zone.
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 ‘ STOLL FIELD — McLEAN STADIUM ;
Much confusion among the general public and the sports-writing
fraternity apparently exists over a seeming duplication of titles in re- `
ferring to the University of Kentucky’s football setup along "Avenue ;
of Champions?  
A Officially, by action of the University Board of Trustees, the general  
area encompassing the playing field is known as "Stoll Field." Like- i
wise, by authority of the same body, the stadium proper is known as j,
"McLean Stadium." i if
Kentucky’s first football Held, occupying the general site of what {
is now the practice field west of the stadium, was first given a name  
when it was dedicated on October 14, 1916, as Stoll Field in honor of {
the late judge Richard C. Stoll, prominent alumnus, trustee and bene-  
factor of the University of Kentucky. Soon after the first sections of  
j the present concrete stadium were completed on September 4, 1924, A
the new Held site and stadium were likewise officially known as Stoll  
Field.
The Hrst attraction to be held on the new Stoll Field was a football l
game with the University of Louisville on October 4, 1924. A gridiron l
clash between Kentucky and the then-powerful Centre College team
was the first game played in the fully-completed stadium on Novem-
ber l, l924.‘ i
The later reference to the concrete stands as "McLean Stadium"  
has existed since November 1, 1924, when the stadium was officially l
dedicated in memory of Price Innes McLean and a bronze plaque .;
placed in the south stands by the Class of 1925. McLean, regular center  
on the 1923 Kentucky football squad, died November 7, 1923, as the ,
result of injuries sustained in the U.K.-Cincinnati game played in the  
Queen City the afternoon before.  
Major expansions of McLean Stadium in 1948 and 1949 have re-  
sulted in a current over—all seating capacity of approximately 36,000.  
"Avenue of Champions" came into being in the spring of 1950 as  
an honorary title for that stretch of Euclid Avenue running between the  
University’s $4,000,000 Memorial Coliseum and McLean Stadium. The F
street was officially re-named by the City of Lexington in recognition \
. ofthe UK athletic teams? unprecedented success of 1950 in annexing the  
Southeastern Conference titles in both football and basketball and their 2
national championships in the Sugar Bowl grid game and the NCAA  
cage tournament. _
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  BLANTON L. COLLIER
1 Head Football Coach
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t l`he story of the career of Blanton Long Collier essentially 1S a
  simple»yet-spectacular success tale best symbolized by the age—old adage
l of "home town boy makes good in the big time."
A quiet—mannered native Iientuckian, who fulfilled a life—long am-
  bition when he took over the coaching reins at his home state university
1 last season, Collier starts his second year as a collegiate mentor with the
{ added laurels of Southeastern Con-
  ,. · ference "Coach of the Year" for 1954
E `     tagged to his already illustrious rec-
ii .   ..··;   v»;»_ . .:t&     ;.·       ». ord.
    f   Fellow coaches of the SEC named
A     ‘’`     him almost unanimously for the ac-
»      5% `  colade in a poll by the Nashville
        i Banner following his spectacular feat
    - .r»v`  —   / —‘ J/[ ‘ ag of guiding the 234 \Vildcats to a sur-
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` __·._.     ‘ ‘·  r    )1`lS1l`|¤`l\’ successful, 7»3 record and
W          __: [ll1l`(l-l)l2lC€ finish in the conference
.     I   "  ···-·   éq race despite pre—season estimates that
=l ’·»i       ____»   the club would land in the lower
, `  Y   A , H bracket.
li   ··‘’ e   ,_,,, , ,_,,   In gaining the honor, Collier be—
     " came the first coach in the l9—year
E   A   ·—i‘_     ·'l"`l r history of the poll to be recognized
'   ,_—.,     in his initial season in the collegiate
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y   _·   a ranks and only the second fresh-
4.           ‘t’ ‘, _· man" head coach to be cited. Ad-
1  Z;     é ff. ditionally, he was the Hrst kentucky
1   }    - i chief ever to be voted the award and
l finished high in the running for national "Coach of the Year" honors.
All of this personal tribute is taken in stride by Collier, a man who-
f is the epitome of humbleness and who sincerely attributes the respon-
sibility for success as resting equally on the shoulders of "the best staff
9 » of assistants you could ask for."
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The 48—year—old former backfield coach of the professional cham·
A pion Cleveland Browns, one of the few men who made the unique jump 1
from high school coaching directly into the pro ranks before taking `_ 
over collegiate tutoring, succeeded to the Kentucky position early in  
1954 following the departure of Coach Paul Bryant to Texas A 8; M. ‘
Collier thus became the Wildcats' 27th head mentor in 641 years of UK  
grid history and brought with him one of the finest reputations in `
modern—day football.  
New Contract Runs Through 1961  
He was awarded a three-year contract, which was extended five Q
years by grateful school authorities following his spectacular success of V
last season, The extension, with an undisclosed adjustment in salary i
included, makes the current pact good through 1961 and University ,_
President H. L. Donovan has stated that he hopes the popular mentor  
"will stay at Kentucky until he reaches the age when he prefers a lighter g
.assignment."  
Born in Millersburg, Ky., on july 2, 1906, and brought up in `
Paris, Ky., only 17 miles from the University, Collier began his athletic '
-career at Paris High School by playing both football and basketball. _
Later, at Georgetown College, he lettered in both sports. Although _
not an outstanding gridder because of his lack of size (he weighed only  
125 pounds then), he was nevertheless regarded as a close student of `
the game and upon graduation in 1927 was named coach of all sports 1
at Paris High.
He held this position until he entered the Navy in ·19~1?l. During
his 16 years at Paris, his teams won or shared two Central Kentucky
Conference football titles and six basketball championships. His last V
high school grid team (1943) ranked as unofhcial state champions. Also
during this period he took postgraduate work at the University of Ken-
tucky and received a master’s degree in educational administration. ._ 
lt was while he was stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training  
Station during his Navy tour that Collier and Paul Brown discovered <
each other. Brown, a lieutenant and head coach of the Great Lakes foot-  l
ball team, became impressed with Yoeman Collier`s football knowledge
and added him to the staff as an assistant coach. The following year  
(1946) when the Cleveland Browns were organized with Brown as head s
coach, Collier made the unique jump from high school ranks to the
pros by going along as backfield coach.
During eight seasons with the Browns, Collier made a reputation A
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( that sta1nped him as a great teacher of football—determined but quietly
patient. He was considered solid in gridiron fundamentals, meticulous.
  in technique and perfection in play execution was his constant goal.
{ His special function as a Cleveland aide was pass defense and the
 ( Browns consistently rated tops in the league in this department. How-
, ever, rival coaches also regarded Collier as one of the most brilliant
V offensive tacticians in football and he became known as a daring and
  original, yet thoroughly sound gridiron mentor. One of his major
( contributions while No. 1 assistant to the fabulously successful Brown
g was a player-rating system developed through a studious, scientific ap-
  proach to grading game films and he has put the system to good use
,‘ at Kentucky.
E, Formerly Coached Single \V ing
i Collier`s football philosophy has varied little during more than 25
  years of coaching experience. During his high school clays at Paris, he-
, taught the Single \#Ving system and didn’t change over to the T forma-
. tion until he was coaching the quarterbacks at Great Lakes during the
war. He first gained experience with the   as a spectator during his
‘ boot camp training at Bainbridge, Md., and later while observing the
  pro Philadelphia Eagles of Greasy Neale. At lientucky, he chose to
 > utilize the Split T and plans to stick with the system, with minor
E variations, this season. He considers himself basically a running coach
and attempts to keep a 60-40 balance in favor of the ground attack_
Collier married Miss Mary Forman Varden of Paris in 1931 and
they have three teen-age daughters. Carolyn. 19, attends University of
V Kentucky. while Kay, 15. is a student at Lexington Henry Clay and
june, 14, goes to Morton junior. The Colliers now make their home
in Lexington.
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  ALUMNUS COACH
 J Although new Head Coach Blanton Collier did not receive his ini.
, tial college degree from University of Kentucky, he nevertheless might
  rightfully be called the \iVildcats’ third alumnus coach. He was awarded
' a master`s degree in educational administration by the University. Only
other graduates of U.K. later to take up head football coaching duties
at their alma mater were   \N’hite Guyn (1906-08) and A. D. Kirwan;
. (1938-44).
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 · THE COACHING STAFF
> [ ,(FF‘ Q ¢  FF»F (   ERMAI- Al-I-EN
    _       (Kentucky 42)
~     °’‘‘     Backfield Coach
 V `VTP    “'¥ . » __‘` i j  One of Kentucky’s most famous athlete grad-
      Q  uates, Allen at 34 has had a full career as a
    Zi,   collegiate star, pro-football player and success-
  ful college grid coach. He starred at quarter- ‘
  Aldxn       i V back for the \Vildcat forces from 1939 to 1941 ’
 viii?/,    zi  [ and entered military service following grad-
        uation. Returning as a graduate student after p
     _  his discharge, Allen became the center of one ~
    of the Southeastern Conference’s most contro— j
versial cases when he attempted to play a fourth year of football in 1946 and ‘
was declared ineligible after two games. Allen joined the UK coaching staff
of Paul Bryant for the remainder of the ’46 season, spent the ’47 campaign
i as a T-quarterback with the professional Cleveland Browns, whose backfield .
` coach at this time was Blanton Collier, and then re-joined the \Vildcat staff
in 1948. He became Kentucky’s head freshman mentor in 1950 and was
promoted at season’s end to backfield coach. The youthful Allen was re-
tained in this capacity when Collier became head man of the \Vildcats. In
the off season, he plays a lot of golf and last summer won the state amateur
championship. Hometown: Morristown, Tenn.
o e CLARENCE UNDERWOOD
  `‘’’l   (Marshall '38)
 if V   Line Coach
  __ . j   ,v_)     Underwood joined the Kentucky staff in
  1948 following a highly-successful career as a
  high school grid mentor at Beckley, \V. Va.,
  and three years of service in \Vorld \V ar 11 as
__ .,,, _‘ ,’”:;   ir,.   21 Navy lieutenant. A 1938 graduate of Klar-
  ‘·r=   ’’‘i     shall College, where he was a varsity guard for _
      three years, Underwood was given full respon-
      sibility for Kentucky’s line play in 1952. He is
@3.}    '   widely recognized as due the bulk of credit i
for developing the VVildcats’ topnotch forward walls of the past few
seasons and holds the highest respect of coaches and players, alike. In addi-
` tion to usual coaching duties, "Bucl