# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-wildman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:13:04.888Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-wildman"
name: "Herbert Wildman"
slug: "herbert-wildman"
description: "Herbert \"Herbie\" Henry Wildman 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."
tagline: "American water polo player (1912-1989)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/WildmanHerbertOlympian.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1912-09-06"
deathDate: "1989-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump