George Van Cleaf - Class of 1988

Player        Field-Goal

        1896 – 1905 (9yrs)

Elected to Hall of Fame    1988

Club    Knickerbocker A.C., New York Athletic Club

College    Unknown

High School    Unknown

Playing Record    Club 1896 – 05

Participation    AAU Sr. National Championship Team 4 times
        US Olympic Team 1904 St. Louis MO III (gold) Soft Ball

        Swimming AAU National one (1) Mile Champion 1900

Honors        Was the 100th elected member into the USWP Hall of Fame
        Typhoid fever took his life after the 1904 Olympic Games
        NYAC Team lost two (2) players George being one of them
Swim tanks, rivers & lakes were polluted or stagnant after typhoid was present. Filtration systems only came in after 1910.