Mal Elward

Mal Elward

Elward pictured in Debris 1939, Purdue yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1892-06-23)June 23, 1892 Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died	December 31, 1982(1982-12-31) (aged 90) Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1912–1915	Notre Dame
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1922–1923	Grinnell
1924–1926	John Carroll
1927–1936	Purdue (assistant)
1937–1941	Purdue
1942–1943	Lakehurst NAS
1946–1956	Stanford (assistant)
Basketball
1924–1927	John Carroll
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1941	Purdue
Head coaching record
Overall	38–50–9 (football) 22–24 (basketball)

Allen Henry "Mal" Elward (June 23, 1892 – December 31, 1982) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Grinnell College from 1922 to 1923, at John Carroll University from 1924 to 1926, and at Purdue University 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 athletic director at Purdue in 1941. Elward played football as an end at the University of Notre Dame 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 1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football team.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Grinnell Pioneers (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1922–1923)
1922	Grinnell	3–5	1–3	7th
1923	Grinnell	2–6	1–3	8th
Grinnell:		5–11	2–6
John Carroll Blue Streaks (Independent) (1924–1926)
1924	John Carroll	7–2
1925	John Carroll	2–6–1
1926	John Carroll	2–5–1
John Carroll:		11–13–2
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1937–1941)
1937	Purdue	4–3–1	2–2–1	T–4th
1938	Purdue	5–1–2	3–1–1	T–2nd
1939	Purdue	3–3–2	2–1–2	T–3rd
1940	Purdue	2–6	1–4	8th
1941	Purdue	2–5–1	1–4	T–7th
Purdue:		16–18–6	9–12–4
Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps (Independent) (1942–1943)
1942	Lakehurst NAS	4–4–1
1943	Lakehurst NAS	2–4
Lakehurst NAS:		6–8–1
Total:		38–50–9