Jennifer Allen strips away the glamour of NFL coaching in "Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter," a brutally honest memoir of her father, George Allen, that is almost too ...

Etty Allen, shown here in 1978 with husband George, was the mother of current Redskins GM Bruce Allen :: George Brich/AP RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Henriette "Etty" Allen, matriarch of a famed American ...

Jennifer Allen, daughter of legendary NFL coach George Allen, describes her experience of growing up in a football-obsessed household in her new book, "Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football ...

Etty Allen was a stabilizing force in a family in which football preoccupied not only her husband but their three sons, George, Bruce and Gregory, according to a book written by her only daughter ...

Journalist Allen evocatively chronicles her unusual childhood in this memoir about being the only daughter of the legendary football coach George Allen. George was devoted to his teams--the ...

From left, George Allen, Jennifer Allen, Bruce Allen, Gregory Allen, George, 13, and Etty Allen pose for a family portrait in January 1966. Henriette “Etty” Allen died Jan. 2 at the age of 90.

Jennifer Allen is the author of Fifth Quarter, a memoir of growing up as the youngest child and only daughter of NFL Coach George Allen. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New ...