Herbert Wildman

'''Herbert "Herbie" Henry Wildman''' (September 6, 1912 – October 13, 1989) was an American [[water polo]] player who competed with the Los Angeles Athletic Club in both the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] in Los Angeles where he won a team bronze medal, and in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin where the U.S. team tied for ninth place. After serving in the Merchant Marines in WWII, he owned and operated a service station and garage in Marina del Ray with his wife Naomi for around thirty years. He later served as a volunteer for the 1984 Los Angeles and 1988 Calgary Olympics, raced his sailboat in the Encinada Race, and was a Water Polo Hall of Fame inductee in 1983.

'''Herbert "Herbie" Henry Wildman''' (September 6, 1912 – October 13, 1989) was an American [[water polo]] player who competed with the Los Angeles Athletic Club in both the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] in Los Angeles where he won a team bronze medal, and in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin where the U.S. team tied for ninth place. After serving in the Merchant Marines in WWII, he owned and operated a service station and garage in Marina del Ray with his wife Naomi for around thirty years. He later served as a volunteer for the 1984 Los Angeles and 1988 Calgary Olympics, raced his sailboat in the Encinada Race, and was a Water Polo Hall of Fame inductee in 1983.

===Early life===

== Early life ==

Wildman was born September 6, 1912 in Marion, Ohio, to father Leon L. Wildman and mother Viola B. Wildman as the first of two children. When the family moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, Herbert's father worked for the Studebaker Wagon Company which became the automobile company. After another family move to California when he was around eleven, Wildman attended LeConte Junior High in Hollywood, where he began playing softball and baseball. He started swimming frequently after hours at the Hollywood Athletic Club, where he knew an employee. Graduating in 1930,{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/929554547/?match=1&terms=%22Herb%20Wildman%22%20AND%20%22Olympic%22|title="Olympian, Venice Grad, Villa Marina Resident Dies", ''The Argonaut'', Marina del Ray California, October 19, 1989, pg. 15|access-date=April 15, 2026}} he later attended [[Venice High School (Los Angeles)|Venice High School]] in greater Los Angeles where his High School team placed first in the state championships in 1930. Wildman Captained the Venice High water polo team in his Senior year in 1930, though he was a utility player and not yet a goaltender, and played a variety of positions.

Wildman was born September 6, 1912 in Marion, Ohio, to father Leon L. Wildman and mother Viola B. Wildman as the first of two children. When the family moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, Herbert's father worked for the Studebaker Wagon Company which became the automobile company. After another family move to California when he was around eleven, Wildman attended LeConte Junior High in Hollywood, where he began playing softball and baseball. He started swimming frequently after hours at the Hollywood Athletic Club, where he knew an employee. Graduating in 1930,{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/929554547/?match=1&terms=%22Herb%20Wildman%22%20AND%20%22Olympic%22|title="Olympian, Venice Grad, Villa Marina Resident Dies", ''The Argonaut'', Marina del Ray California, October 19, 1989, pg. 15|access-date=April 15, 2026}} he later attended [[Venice High School (Los Angeles)|Venice High School]] in greater Los Angeles where his High School team placed first in the state championships in 1930. Wildman Captained the Venice High water polo team in his Senior year in 1930, though he was a utility player and not yet a goaltender, and played a variety of positions.