Herman was the oldest of the nine children of William and Ruth Wedemeyer and Charlie is the youngest. Charlie was an outstanding high-school football player and a member of Michigan State s national championship team in the 1960s. He became a successful high school coach in Los Gatos, California before being stricken with Lou Gehrig s disease in 1978. Charlie and his remarkable wife Lucy have been an inspiration for all who learn about them. They have been the subject of a documentary called One More Season and a TV movie called Quiet Victory. In 1993 they published a book called Charlie s Victory about their struggle with Charlie s disability.