Education
Wedemeyer, attended Saint Louis School in Honolulu and was a standout in both football and baseball. In 1945, he finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting, and he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.
Wedemeyer, attended Saint Louis School in Honolulu and was a standout in both football and baseball. In 1945, he finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting, and he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.
He is best known for portraying "Sergeant/Detective "Duke" Lukela" on the crime drama (1972–1980). However, he appeared on the first episode of as Lieutenant Balta of HPD.
Wedemeyer, a halfback, played college football for the Saint Mary"s College Galloping Gaels in Moraga, California. Wedemeyer was Hawai"i"s first consensus All-American football player.
He bore the colorful nicknames "Squirmin" Herman," "The Flyin" Hawaiian," "The Hawaiian Centipede," and "The Hula-Hipped Hawaiian."
Wedemeyer was a first-round draft choice of the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference in 1948.
Despite leading the AAFC in punt return yardage that year, he was waived by the Dons. He was then signed by the AAFC Baltimore Colts, with whom he played in 1949 before retiring from professional sports for good.
Herman was the brother of Charlie Wedemeyer, a former Michigan State football player who gained fame when, as a football coach at Los Gatos High School, he contracted Lou Gehrig"s Disease and continued to coach for many years, despite his handicap. He is the subject of a television drama called Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story and the Public Broadcasting Service documentary, One More Season.
In 1968, Wedemeyer was elected to the Honolulu City Council as a Republican.
In 1970, he was elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives as a Democrat, winning re-election in 1972. Wedemeyer played Edward Doctorate. "Duke" Lukela on from 1971 to 1980, appearing in 143 episodes. Lukela was originally a uniformed HPD sergeant, but he later joined the Five-O squad as a detective.