[1] After his football career was over, Lolotai worked as a professional wrestler throughout Australasia, at one time holding a belt as Hawaiian heavyweight wrestling champion.

Al Lolotai was born in the Western Samoa Trust Territory and came to Hawaii with his family at the age of 9, knowing just three words of English.

As a member of the Redskis, Lolotai started at guard as a rookie and helped take his team to the 1945 Championship Playoff, a defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Rams.

[6] He mentored many of the young Samoan football players coming up in the Laie community to keep up with their studies, get into good schools, and helped set them up for their future.

[6] In his later years, he returned to Samoa at the request of its government, helping the establish its high school football program, for which he continued to coach until his death.