USA Water Polo

Coach Official Contributor

1944 – 1975 (31 yrs)

Elected to Hall of Fame 1993

Club Downey W/P Club

College Compton Jr. College, Univ. of Southern California (Phys-Ed)

High School Compton H.S.

Playing Record

H.S. 1936 – 39 College 1946 – 50 (BS) Grad School UCLA 1957 (MS)

Participation

    US Navy Instructor Aquatics UCLA/Delmonte CA 1942-45 
    Coach Downey Swim & Water Polo 1950-62 
    Coach LBSC 1961-65 (5 yrs) Water Polo 
    Manager and Instructor Imperial Swim School Downey CA 1957-59 Summers Only 
    Taught Aquatics at Long Beach State College 1961-65 
    Recruiter for Water Polo, Swimming, & Diving for LBSC 
    Official CA Interscholastic W/P Championships 1952-65 
    Official So. Cal Jr. College W/P Championships 1962-65 
    Member of All American H.S. W/P Players Selection Committee 1963-56 
    Member of AAU Olympic Water Polo Committee 1965-68 
    Member of AAU Water Polo Committee 1965-68 
    Member of National Collegiate Athletic Assoc. Rules Committee (Swimming) 1964-66 
    Staged St. College W/P Championships 1962 
    Official AAU Sr. National Championships Foothills Jr. Col. Los Altos Hills CA 1965 
    Coach Pan American W/P Trials Team Lynwood CA 1963 
    Coach US Pan American Team 1963 Sao Paulo BRA IV (silver) 
    Conducted Water Polo Clinics for high School age groups 
    Guest Speaker at Water Polo Banquets at LB Poly H.S. 1963 Lakewood H.S. CA 1963, 64, Earl Warren H.S., Disneyland 1964

Author

    Wrote Articles for Swimming World Magazine 1965 
    Articles on All American H.S. W/P Players selections Water Polo News 1963-65 
    Produced W/P Training Film Beginning Water Polo 28 minutes color sound 1963 
    Produced International W/P training film – Yugoslavia Olympic Team & CSCLB 
    Interviewed on radio station KTLA re: 1963 Pan American Water Polo Games 
    Published articles in the USOC Quadrennial Review 1965

Honors

    College Swim Coaches Association (3 yrs) 
    American Swim Coaches Association (2 yrs) 
    Southern California Swim & Water Polo Officials Assoc. (11 yrs) 
    VP So. Cal. Swim & W/P Officials Assoc. 1957 
    President So. Cal. Swim & W/P Assoc. 1958 
    First Chairman of NCAA Water Polo Rules Committee 1965-74 
    Member of All American College W/P Players Selection Comm. 1965 
    Selected by NCAA to represent them on the AAU Olympic Water Polo Committee 1965 
    Secretary AAU Olympic Water Polo Committee 1965-69 
    Awarded Honorary Lifetime Membership in the Parent Teachers Association of America 1962

Personal

    US Navy Air Corp 1942-46 
    Scout Master BS Troop in 1961 
    Professor – Health, Physical Education & Recreation CSCLB Operator and Owner of American Swim Schools Inc. Garden Grove CA 1956