Retirement and Death
During his retirement years, Wieman lived in Portland, Oregon and Lake Arrowhead, California. In 1962, he became the first fulltime West Coast director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), and serving as its president for a time. Wieman established the FCA's west coast headquarters in Portland. Wieman chose Portland rather than his hometown of Los Angeles, saying "There are too many people and too much smog down there. In Portland a man can feel good." In a 1963 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Wieman said the FCA sought to "harness hero worship" and use it for evangelism and conversion to Christianity. Wieman died in December 1971 in Portland at age 75.
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