Charlie Wedemeyer was the last of nine children born to Bill and Ruth Wedemeyer. He was an outstanding high school athlete and was quarterback of the Punahou School football team. He was named Hawaii Prep Athlete of the 60s. After his graduation from Punahou in 1965 he attended Michigan State University where he played for famed coach Duffy Daugherty. Name Punahou School Address 1601 Punahou Street Town Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Established 1841 Community Urban Type Private Primary and Secondary Religion Christian (non-denominational) Students Coeducational Grades K to 12 Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges District None Subdistrict None Nickname Puns or Buff n Blue Mascot Buff and... Michigan State University (MSU) is a public university in East Lansing, Michigan. ... Duffy Daugherty on the cover of Time from October 8, 1956 Hugh Duffy Daugherty (born September 8, 1915 in Emeigh, Pennsylvania; died September 25, 1987 in Santa Barbara, California) was the head coach of the Michigan State University Spartans football team from 1954 to 1972, where he compiled a career...

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. Central Michigan University (also known as CMU) is a state university located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. ... Los Gatos High School is located on Main Street in Los Gatos. ... Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrig’s disease, Maladie de Charcot or motor neurone disease) is a chronic, progressive, almost invariably fatal neurological disease. ...

Although the disease has taken a terrible toll on his body (he can only move his eyes, eyebrows and lips), Charlie and his wife Lucy are an inspiration to all for their remarkable faith, love, commitment and spirit.

The PBS documentary about them "One More Season" won an Emmy Award. Michael Nouri portrayed Charlie in the made-for-TV movie "Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story". Charlie and Lucy penned his autobiography titled "Charlie's Victory" with Gregg Lewis. PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... An Emmy Award. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...