2009 Reprint of the 1953 edition. How to scout football. Published/Created: Danville, Ill., School-Aid Co. [1953] Description: 111 p. illus. George Herbert Allen (April 29, 1918 - December 31, 1990) was one of a handful of extremely successful and innovation coaches of American football in the National Football League and the United States Football League. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002.His classic How to Scout Football remains one of the landmark publications of the 1950s, along with Steve Belichick's Football Scouting Methods.