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Herman Wedemeyer. 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 .
Herman Wedemeyer was born on 20 May 1924 in Hilo, Hawaii, USA. He was an actor, known for Hawaii Five-O (1968), Magnum, P.I. (1980) and Hawaii Five-O (1997).He died on 25 January 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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Herman is the older brother of Charlie Wedemeyer. Charlie, a former Michigan State football player, eventually (as head football coach at Los Gatos High School in California) gained fame when he continued to coach for many years, after being confined to a wheelchair from contracting Lou Gehrig's Disease.
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Jan 26, 1999 · 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.
Jan 25, 1999 · Herman Wedemeyer. Age: 74 an All-American running back at St. Mary's (Calif.) who later became a regular on TV's "Hawaii 5-0"; nicknamed "Squirmin' Herman" and "Hula-hipped Hawaiian"; Grantland Rice called him the most outstanding football player of 1945; first-round pick of the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference, an injury cut short his career, returned to Hawaii where he ...
PIONEER - FOOTBALL "Squirming" Herman Wedemeyer In 1945, "Squirming" Herman Wedemeyer, a graduate of St. Louis High School, was Hawai'i's first consensus All-American football player. The backfield included the U.S. Army's Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, and Bob Fenimore of Oklahoma A&M, now known as Oklahoma State. In 1945 he finished fourth in the Heisman
Wedemeyer, nicknamed "Squirmin' Herman," was the star attraction. In a 20-13 victory over California, he gained 202 yards on kick returns and threw two touchdown passes. He led a 26-0 victory over Southern California.
