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Looking through articles about the Midwest Football League of the 1960s and '70s, I discovered that a player I had listed as Charlie Weidemeyer (a quarterback and occasional flanker who played for Lansing from 1969-71) is actually Charlie Wedemeyer, with no I in his last name. And when one article mentioned that he was from Hawaii, I immediately figured that he must be the son of Herman Wedemeyer, who was a big college football star in the 1940s with St. Mary's, I believe. (He also played a couple of years in the AAFC and/or the NFL.)

So I looked up Herman, who has his own Wikipedia page, and it turns out that Charlie was not his son, but his brother, even though he was 20-some years younger -- even farther apart than Sam and Randall Cunningham. Charlie was the youngest of nine kids, and presumably Herman was the oldest. For some reason I was really pleased to find that out.

To end on a sad note, I also learned that Charlie died of Lou Gehrig’s disease back in 2010.

Bob Gill wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2024 1:38 pm So I looked up Herman, who has his own Wikipedia page, and it turns out that Charlie was not his son, but his brother, even though he was 20-some years younger -- even farther apart than Sam and Randall Cunningham. Charlie was the youngest of nine kids, and presumably Herman was the oldest. For some reason I was really pleased to find that out.

That is interesting. I remember a couple of QB brothers who were not all that close in age....Terry and Craig Bradshaw, and Derek and David Carr. Trying to remember other brother combos that weren't close in age....

Sam and Randall. Although only one was a QB.