Alden Arthur Knipe

Alden Arthur Knipe (June 1870–May 22, 1950) was an American athlete, coach, and children's author. He played football at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named a consensus All-American in 1894.

He went on to coach at the University of Iowa from 1898 to 1902 and also served as Iowa's first head baseball coach. One of the high points of his coaching career came in 1900, when Iowa shared the Western Conference championship after an undefeated football season.

After leaving coaching, he wrote numerous books for children. That later career gives him a distinctive place in literary history: he was a sports figure of the early college game who successfully remade himself as a writer for young readers.