USA Water Polo

Player    Field        Coach        Contributor

    1902 – 1928 (26 yrs)

Elected to Hall of Fame    1976 Charter Member

Club    New York Athletic Club

College    Unknown

High School    Unknown

Playing Record    1902 – 1928

Participation    AAU Sr. National Championship in 1902, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08
    US Olympic Trials Team (NYAC) 1st 1904
    US Olympic Team 1904 (gold) St. Louis MO III
    AAU Sr. National Soft Ball Championship Team
    AAU Jr. National Soft Ball Championship Team
    Unfortunately we have no other record of Lou’s. From the way the Old Timers talked he ranked with the best.
    Played both Soft Ball and Hard Ball

    Coach        New York A.C.

Referee    Head referee for the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp Belgium

Honors    He was largely responsible for introducing the International Game to the U.S. Elected to the International Swimming Hall of Fame 1967

Personal    Sportswriter for the New York Herald Tribune, N.Y.C. covering mostly aquatics. Author of Water Polo book 1920. Rare edition in ISHOF R. Max Ritter Library.

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