Allen Henry "Mal" Elward (June 23, 1892 – December 31, 1982) was an

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player, coach of football and

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, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at

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from 1922 to 1923, at

John Carroll University John Carroll University is a private Jesuit university in University Heights, Ohio. It is primarily an undergraduate, liberal arts institution accompanied by the John M. and Mary Jo Boler College of Business. John Carroll has an enrollment of ...

from 1924 to 1926, and at

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from 1937 to 1941, compiling a career college football record of 32–42–8. Elward was also the head basketball coach at John Carroll from 1924 to 1927, tallying a mark of 22–24. He was the

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at Purdue in 1941. Elward played football as an

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at the

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from 1912 to 1915. He served as an assistant football coach at Purdue from 1927 to 1936 and at Stanford University from 1946 to 1956. Elward also served as the head coach of the

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Head coaching record

Football

References

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