Alfred M. Boone | |
Birth Date: | 23 July 1893 |
Death Place: | New York City, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1917–1918 |
Player Team2: | Alabama |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1918–1919 |
Player Team4: | Alabama |
Player Positions: | End (football) Pitcher (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1919 |
Coach Team2: | Alabama (assistant) |
Admin Years1: | 1919–1920 |
Admin Team1: | Alabama (acting AD) |
Awards: | Football All-Southern (1917) Baseball All-Southern (1919) |
Alfred Morgan "Dan" Boone (July 23, 1893 – March 1, 1961) was an American college football and college baseball player, athletics administrator, and insurance executive. Boone played football and baseball at the University of Alabama. He served as the acting athletic director for the university during the 1919–20 academic year, following the resignation of B. L. Noojin.[1]
Boone was selected to the 1917 College Football All-Southern Team as an end and the 1919 College Baseball All-Southern Team as a pitcher.[2] [3] A native of Berry, Alabama, he graduated from the University of Alabama in 1919 with a Doctor of Law degree.[4] Boone assisted Xen C. Scott in coaching the 1919 Alabama Crimson Tide football team.[5]
Boone later managed Birmingham, Alabama office of USF&G. He died on March 1, 1961, in New York City.[6]