Ernest Allmendinger: Difference between revisions

Allmendinger played the guard position at the [[University of Michigan]] from 1911 to 1913. In November 1913, Allmendinger helped Michigan to a 17&ndash;0 win over [[Cornell Big Red football|Cornell]] leading ''[[The Washington Post]]'' to report: "Allmendinger played a brilliant game on the defense. Three hundred Michigan rooters, headed by their brass band, paraded and snake-danced after the game."<ref>{{cite news|title=Michigan Wins: Betters Cornell in All Departments, Gaining Victory, 17 to 0|publisher=The Washington Post|date=1913-11-09}}</ref> At the end of the 1913 season, Allmendinger was picked as an All-Western guard on nearly all of the honorary All-Western teams.<ref>{{cite news|title=Yost Will Remain At Michigan|publisher=Ludington Daily News|date=1913-12-06}}</ref> A newspaper account in the summer of 1917 described Allmendinger's progression as follows:<blockquote>"Allmendinger, a young giant in perfect physical condition tried unsuccessfully for two years to make the [[Varsity team|varsity eleven]]. His quiet temperament was the handicap and during these years Coach Yost declared that if Allmendinger 'could get good and mad once, he would be one of the greatest [[Lineman (American football)|linemen]] in the game.' The third season Yost became desperate. He used [[third degree (interrogation)|third degree]] methods, and finally the giant awoke, Allmendinger became a demon on the gridiron, nearly every western critic put him on their all-star elevens and some experts thought he should have made the All-American."<ref name=Guard/></blockquote> Following his playing carreer, he was briefly the head coach at the [[South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football|South Dakota School of Mines]] and an assistant the [[Colorado Mines Orediggers|Colorado School of Mines]].;<ref>http://oldnews.aadl.org/node/83738</ref> he recorded a 4&ndash;1 record during his sole season at South Dakota Mines.