Allen McCANTS at University of Alabama
Player and Coach

Allen McCants was a right halfback from 1892-94 for coach Eli Abbott. McCants was a native of Meridian, Miss.

All Time Tide Letterman in Football (put together in 2000 by Univ. of Alabama) McCants, A.G. (RH)  Meridian, Miss   1892-1894

**2005 Alabama Crimson Tide Notes Package (pp. 3,4,11,14)

Shula is one of seven Alabama head coaches to have also played for the Crimson Tide.  The list also includes Allen McCants, Eli Abbott, J.B.Whitworth, Paul Bryant, Ray Perkins and Mike DuBose.

Alabama Players Who Became Head Coach

Name,                                                            Playing Years             Coaching Years                                                              

Allen McCants 1897  Record of 1-0

Won Season Opener
Nov. 13, 1897 Alabama 6, Tusc. AC 0 Tuscaloosa

Allen McCants (Nov. 13, 1897) - Alabama 6, Tuscaloosa Athletic Club 0 (Tuscaloosa)
Allen McCants won his only game as head coach at Alabama, leading the Crimson Tide to 6-0 win over the Tuscaloosa Athletic Club.  The UA Board of Trustees would not allow the football or baseball teams to play off campus, so the football team chose to play only one game and did not field a team in 1898.  No details of the game were available.

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10 January 2009