Gus Sundstrom - Class of 1988

Contributor        Coach

    1885 – 1936 (51 yrs)

Elected to Hall of Fame    1988

Club    New York Athletic Club

College    Unknown

High School    Unknown

Playing Record    1885 – 1895

Participation    Coach    US Olympic Team 1904 St. Louis MO III (gold)
AAU Sr. National Championship Team – won 13 out of 16 in the early 1900’s
        
        Swimmer & Water Polo Player 1885 – 95

Honors    Wrote the 1st manual on Water Polo in 1901 as part of the Spaulding Sports Library
    Known as Father of American Swimming 1895 -1910
    Modified the Australian Crawl by changing the two beat kick to a continuous six beat kick – called the American Crawl, our modern freestyle
    He appeared on Sports Cards (baseball type)
    It is estimated that he taught over 100,000 people to swim

Personal    General Supervisor of swimming for the New York City Board of Education