Club: New York Athletic Club

College: Unknown

High School: Unknown

Playing Record: 1885 - 1895

Participation:

• Coach of 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