Career
Allison coached tennis for the varsity team of his alma mater from 1946 through 1972. He was head coach from 1957. In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, who had a fine volley himself, devotes a page to the best tennis strokes he had ever seen.
Budge Patty came closest, then Newcombe".
He called the team of Allison and Van Ryn the ninth best of all time. Allison was a colonel in the United States Army Air Forces in World World War World War II Allison was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in 1963.
Wimbledon
Singles (1 titles, 2 runners-up)
Doubles (4 titles, 5 runners-up).