Wallace "Wally" Perry Wolf Jr. (October 2, 1930 – March 12, 1997) was an American attorney, bank director, competition swimmer, water polo player, and Olympic champion.
[8][5][9] He married Carolyn Wyatt and had three children - Wallace Scott, John, and Lori, and the family lived in Manhattan Beach, California.
After completing his swimming career he attended USC Law School and became a successful Los Angeles attorney, often to the entertainment industry.
[11] A Californian most of his life, he died on March 12, 1997, in Santa Yanez, California, with memorial services held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Los Osos.
[12] In a suspected mishap, his body was found at the bottom of a bridge at San Marcos Pass being retrofitted for an earthquake.
At Beverly Hills High School (class of 1947), at a race distance which has long since been discontinued, he won the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) 220y-freestyle championship three years in a row, 1945-47 (with times of 2:32.2, 2:23.7, and 2:19.1), the individual medley - 75 yards two years in a row, 1946-47 (with times of 45.7 and 44.4), and was the CIF record holder in 220y-freestyle and individual medley.
[21] Wolf was a member of the U.S. men's team that finished fifth in the 1956 water polo tournament in Melbourne, Australia, playing in five matches.