Allen Jeardeau
Allen Wilson Jeardeau (April 1, 1866 – April 10, 1900) was an American football and baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at the Platteville Normal School—now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville—in 1895 and 1898 and at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1896 to 1897.[2] In 1896, his first season with the LSU Tigers, Jeardeau led the team to a 6–0 record and a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship. He was also the head coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team in 1898.[3] Jeardeau was a graduate of the Platteville Normal School and a student at Harvard University. He died of pneumonia on April 10, 1900, at his home near Platteville, Wisconsin.[4][5]
![]() Jeardeau in 1897 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Grant County, Wisconsin | April 1, 1866
Died | April 10, 1900 34) Grant County, Wisconsin | (aged
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1895 | Platteville Normal |
1896–1897 | LSU |
1898 | Platteville Normal |
Baseball | |
1898 | LSU |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 10–2–1 (football) 2–3 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 SIAA (1896) |
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Platteville Normal Pioneers (Independent) (1895) | |||||||||
1895 | Platteville Normal | 3–0–1 | |||||||
LSU Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1896–1897) | |||||||||
1896 | LSU | 6–0 | 4–0 | T–1st | |||||
1897 | LSU | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
LSU: | 7–1 | 4–0 | |||||||
Platteville Normal Pioneers (Independent) (1898) | |||||||||
1898 | Platteville Normal | 0–1 | |||||||
Platteville Normal: | 3–1–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 10–2–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
Baseball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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LSU Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1898–1898) | |||||||||
1898 | LSU | 2–3 | |||||||
LSU: | 2–3 (.400) | ||||||||
Total: | 2–3 (.400) |
References
- Harvard University. Class of 1896 (1911). Secretary's ... Report. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- "LSU Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 107. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
- "Louisiana State University". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
- "Allen Jeardeau". The Daily Tribune. April 14, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved September 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com
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- "Allen Jeardeau". The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune. Centralia, Wisconsin. April 14, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved May 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com
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