TOM ALLEN
B.A.'69, DED '70
Football, Hockey
Tom Allen's thirty five year career at Bishop's University can be defined with the following words: success, achievement and tradition. Tom enrolled at Bishop's in 1967 and for the next few decades - he did it all. As a linebacker on the Gaiter football team, Tom was twice selected as a QUAA all star. As a three-year letterman with the varsity hockey team, Tom distinguished himself as a power forward.
It was in the field of coaching and administration, however, that Tom made his biggest contribution to Bishop's Athletics and the Lennoxville community. After having been Athletic Director and coach at Champlain College from 1973-79, Tom returned to his alma mater in 1979 and assumed the dual role of Director of Athletic Facilities and assistant football coach.
In 1988, Tom was instrumental in the organization of the very successful Gaiter Golf Classic and through his diligent work the Royal Bank Wall of Distinction became a reality in 1991. In that same year, Tom was named Director of Athletics at Bishop's and for the next decade was considered to be one of the finest athletic administrators in Canada. In 1997, Tom was elected to a two-year term as President of the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU).
In 1999, Tom added to his responsibilities when he accepted the post of Gaiter Head Football coach, a position he held for three years. Over the years, Tom and his wife Linda have welcomed countless student-athletes and friends of the University to their home in Lennoxville. Tom retired from Bishop's in December of 2001.
