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Herman "Duke" Wedemeyer passes away

Herman Wedemeyer, an All-America football player who retook the national stage three decades later as a regular on "Hawaii Five-O," died Monday, January 25, 1999. He was 74.

Wedemeyer died at noon at the Queen's Medical Center of complications from a heart attack, said one of his sisters, Winona Gaison. He suffered a heart attack last week and had been on life support, she said.

A native of Hilo, Wedemeyer was also a businessman who served briefly as a Honolulu city councilman and state representative.

But he was best known for his performances on the football field -- as a halfback for St. Mary's College in California -- and before the cameras as cop "Duke" Lukela in "Hawaii Five-O."

Wedemeyer was inducted to the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1979.

In 1945 the famed sportswriter Grantland Rice called Wedemeyer the greatest athlete in the country after he was named to the Associated Press and United Press International All-America teams that year.

"Herman was all-around," said former University of Hawaii halfba

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Squirmin’ Herman

“Squirmin’ Herman Wedemeyer, the hula-hipped hurricane from Hawaiʻi, contributed a remarkable chapter to the lore of West Coast football in 1945 when he sparked St. Mary’s undernourished teenagers to a successful season and a trip to the Sugar Bowl.” (McCarty)

Wedemeyer (Wedey,) born May 20, 1924 in Hilo, “led St Louis College (now St Louis School) to Interscholastic League of Honolulu football titles in 1941 and 1942. He turned down scholarship offers from Notre Dame and Ohio State to attend St. Mary’s.” (Masuoka)

Located in rural Moraga, California, St Mary’s College is a small Catholic liberal arts college. When World War II broke out, St Mary’s (an all-male school) lost almost all of their students to military duty.

In the 1943 season, only 20 students showed up to play on the team, and of those, only 3 weren’t going to be in the military by the fall. So the coach decided to put together a team of players who were all freshmen, as they would be 17, and too young to be drafted into the military.

Although they lost their first game (

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Herman Wedemeyer

American politician

Wedemeyer, circa 1945
Born:	May 20, 1924 Hilo, Hawaii, U.S.
Died:	January 25, 1999(1999-01-25) (aged 74) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Position(s)	Halfback
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	178 lb (81 kg)
College	St. Mary's College
NFL draft	1947, round: 1, pick: 9
Drafted by	Los Angeles Rams^[1]
1948	Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)
1949	Baltimore Colts (AAFC)

Herman John Wedemeyer (May 20, 1924 – January 25, 1999) was an American actor, football player, and politician.^[2] He is best known for portraying Sergeant/Detective "Duke" Lukela on the crime drama Hawaii Five-O (1972–1980). He also appeared on the first episode of Hawaii Five-O as Lt. Balta of Honolulu Police Department.

Sports career

Wedemeyer attended St. Louis School in Honolulu and was a standout in both football and baseball.^[3] Wedemeyer, a halfback, played college football for the St. Mary's College Galloping Gaels in Moraga, California. In 1945, he finishe