USA Water Polo

Player        Field – University of So. California
Coach/Contributor – Stanford University

    1922 – 1986 (64 yrs)

Elected to Hall of Fame    1976    Charter Member

Club    Pacific Coast Club, Long Beach Cal
    Los Angeles A.C.

College    Stanford University
        University of Southern California

High School    Long Beach Polytechnic

Playing Record    LBP 1922, 23, 24    USC 1926, 27, 28    PCC 1929, 30, 31

Participation    Coach    U.S. Naval Training Command, U.S. Pan-AM 1955,
Ceylon National Team 1972
        U.S. Olympic W/P Committee 1948 – 52, 52 – 56
        National AAU W/P Committee 1948 – 76
        United States Water Polo Inc.
        First Historian, Board of Governors and H of F Comm.

Honors        Captain LBP H.S.    Captain LAAC 1929-31    Captain USC 1927-28
        College Swim Coaches Assoc. 25 & 40 Year Awards
        Involved with 4 teams that won 164 separate team championships
        Helms Foundation Award – noteworthy coaching achievement
        Water Polo Coach Emeritus Stanford University

Coaching Record    National AAU Sr. Outdoor Champs – NAS Los Alamitos CA
Armed Forces Team 1956 Olympic Trials, Ceylon National Champs, Mid-Ocean Champs, Bermuda, Naval Air Station Los Alamitos CA II Pan-AM Games 1960 Mexico, Seven (7) Players participated in four (4) Olympic Games. 35 players became High School and University Coaches. Coached Stanford Univ., Freshman Coach Fullerton Jr. College, Coach Long Beach City College, Coach Fullerton Union H.S. & Woodrow Wilson H.S. Athletic Director and Coach – Fullerton Jr. College
Correspondent for    Associated Press, Swimming World Magazine and Water Polo Scoreboard. Reported on the XIX Olympics – 1968 Mexico City, XX Olympics 1972 – Munich, Germany, IV Jardron Cup 1971 Yugoslavia, VII Pan-Am 1975 – Mexico, III World Games – Berlin, Germany 1978, XIV Europe Championships 1977

Author of    Water Polo in the Olympic Games, Water Polo in the USA, An Official Swimming and Diving Book, Playing and Coaching Water Polo – 1948, Score Sheets in book form for Water Polo 1936 – 79 and the World Encyclopedia of Water Polo

Designer and responsible for    Manufacture of AMF Voit XW5Y Water Polo Ball, an Official Olympic Game Ball, and the numbering system of NCAA W/P caps

Personal    Attained the rank of Captain in the U.S. Navy. Physical ED Instructor Aquatics U.S. Navy

    Wife – Claire

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