He was also selected to Walter Camp's All-Service team while serving in the military during World War I. Allmendinger was born Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1890.

[2] He grew up in the days of Fielding H. Yost's "Point-a-Minute" teams and played football with John Maulbetsch at Ann Arbor's West Park.

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 linemen in the game.'

He used 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.

"[6] Allmendinger was one of several prominent football players commissioned at Fort Sheridan in the fall of 1917; others included former Michigan All-Americans Albert Benbrook and James B.

Instead, Camp named an All-America service team in 1917, recognizing the country's top football players serving in the military.

[1][7] He also served as an Ann Arbor city councilman in 1927 and 1929 and as a member of the Washtenaw County Board of Supervisors after retiring.

[7] In 1969, Allmendinger was chosen in fan balloting as one of five lineman (along with Germany Schulz, Chuck Bernard, Whitey Wistert, and Julius Franks) on the all-time Michigan football team.