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Charlie Wedemeyer (February 19, 1946 – June 3, 2010) was a high school teacher and football coach, famous for continuing to teach and coach football at Los Gatos High School after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was the subject of a PBS documentary and a made-for-TV movie. ==Biography== Wedemeyer was the last of nine children born to Bill and Ruth Wedemeyer. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a high school athlete and was quarterback of the Punahou School football team. He was named Hawaii Prep Athlete of the 1960s. After his graduation from Punahou in 1965 he attended Michigan State University where he played for coach Duffy Daugherty. Charlie graduated from Michigan State in 1969 and obtained a master's degree from Central Michigan University. In 1978, while he was the head football coach at Los Gatos High School, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The disease took a toll on his body and, at his death, he could only move his eyes, eyebrows and lips. The PBS documentary about the Wedemeyers, ''One More Season'', won an Emmy Award. Michael Nouri portrayed Charlie in the 1988 made-for-TV movie ''Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story'' filmed at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina. Wedemeyer and his wife, Lucy, penned his autobiography titled ''Charlie's Victory'' with Gregg Lewis. Wedemeyer died on June 3, 2010, from pneumonia, a complication caused by a recent surgery.〔San Jose Mercury News, Dennis Knight, Elliott Almond and Mark Emmons. "(Coach Charlie Wedemeyer was a national inspiration )." June 3, 2010.〕 He was the younger brother of Herman Wedemeyer, the actor who played Duke on the CBS television series ''Hawaii Five-O''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charlie Wedemeyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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