Pokey

Pokey: The Good Fight

Pokey: The Good Fight

Pokey: The Good Fight is the autobiography of Earnest Duncan “Pokey” Allen Jr., the colorful, popular and successful football coach at Portland State and Boise State who passed away in 1996. Co-written by Bob Evancho, Pokey (Bootleg Books, ISBN: 0-9658911-0-0, fall 1997, 192 pages, $14.95) provides amusing and insightful stories about Allen’s days as a high school, college and professional football player and his 29 years as a coach at the collegiate and pro levels. The book also tells the moving account of Allen’s two-year battle with cancer.