This article contains lists of the United States men's national water polo team rosters at the Summer Olympics. The lists are updated as of March 30, 2020.
Abbreviations # Ordering by name No. Cap number Ref Reference (C) Captain H Handedness L Left-handed R Right-handed Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper CB Center back (2-meter defense) CF Center forward (2-meter offense) D Driver (attacker) U Utility (except goalkeeper)
Rosters by tournament Men's water polo tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1900. The United States has participated in 22 of 27 tournaments.
1900 Summer Olympics Maximum number of entries and participants: 1 team of 7 players and 4 reserves per club Number of participating nations: 4 Host city: Paris Final Ranking: Did not participate
1904 Summer Olympics Maximum number of entries and participants: 1 team of 7 players per club Number of participating nations: 1 Host city: St. Louis New York Athletic Club Final Ranking: 1st place ( Gold medal) Head coach: Gus Sundstrom
# Player Height Weight Birthplace Birthdate Age College 1 David Bratton New York, New York Oct 1869 2 Budd Goodwin FP New York, New York Nov 13, 1883 3 Louis Handley FP Rome Feb 14, 1874 4 David Hesser FP Jan 1884 5 Joe Ruddy FP New York, New York Sep 28, 1878 6 James Steen Nov 19, 1876 7 George Van Cleaf FP Northfield, New York Oct 8, 1879
Chicago Athletic Association Final Ranking: 2nd place ( Silver medal) Head coach: Alex Meffert
# Player Height Weight Birthplace Birthdate Age College 1 Rex Beach Atwood, Michigan Sep 1, 1877 Rollins 2 David Hammond Chicago, Illinois Jan 5, 1881 3 Charles Healy Chicago, Illinois Oct 4, 1883 4 Frank Kehoe 5 Jerome Steever Milwaukee, Wisconsin Jan 7, 1880 6 Edwin Swatek Chicago, Illinois Jan 7, 1885 7 Bill Tuttle Chicago, Illinois Feb 21, 1882
Missouri Athletic Club Final Ranking: 3rd place ( Bronze medal) Head coach: N/A
# Player Height Weight Birthplace Birthdate Age College 1 Gwynne Evans (Unknown), Missouri Sep 3, 1880 2 Gus Goessling St. Louis, Missouri Nov 17, 1878 3 John Meyers Cincinnati, Ohio Jun 28, 1880 4 Bill Orthwein St. Louis, Missouri Oct 16, 1881 Yale 5 Amedee Reyburn St. Louis, Missouri Mar 25, 1879 6 Frank Schreiner St. Louis, Missouri Mar 24, 1879 7 Manfred Toeppen St. Louis, Missouri Sep 3, 1887
1908 Summer Olympics Maximum number of entries and participants: 1 team of 7 players per club Number of participating nations: 4 Host city: London Final Ranking: Did not participate
1912 Summer Olympics Maximum number of entries and participants: 1 team of 7 players and 4 reserves per club Number of participating nations: 6 Host city: Stockholm Final Ranking: Did not participate
1920 Summer Olympics Maximum number of entries and participants: 1 team of 7 players and 4 reserves per nation Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: Antwerp Final Ranking: 4th place Head coach: Otto Wahle
# Player Height Weight Birthplace Birthdate Age College 1 Clement Browne Freetown, Antigua Jan 4, 1896 2 James Carson FP San Francisco, California Jul 30, 1901 3 Harry Hebner (C) FP Chicago, Illinois Jun 15, 1891 4 Sophus Jensen Chicago, Illinois Jul 27, 1889 5 Mike McDermott FP Chicago, Illinois Jan 18, 1893 6 Perry McGillivray FP Chicago, Illinois Aug 5, 1893 Univ. of Illinois 7 Norman Ross Portland, Oregon May 2, 1896 8 Preston Steiger San Francisco, California Sep 6, 1898 9 Herbert Taylor Chicago, Illinois Jun 7, 1892 Univ. of Wisconsin 10 Herb Vollmer FP New York, New York Feb 15, 1895 Columbia 11 William Vosburgh FP Oak Park, Illinois Dec 16, 1890 Univ. of Illinois Note: Duke Kahanamoku and Clyde Swendsen might be reserves or alternates. They did not compete in this tournament.
1924 Summer Olympics Maximum number of entries and participants: 1 team of 7 players and 4 reserves per nation Number of participating nations: 13 Host city: Paris Final Ranking: 3rd place ( Bronze medal) Head coach: Harry Hebner (did not go) / Otto Wahle
# Player Height Weight Birthplace Birthdate Age College 1 Art Austin FP Oakland, California Jul 8, 1902 Stanford 2 Elmer Collett GK San Francisco, California 1903 Stanford 3 Jam Handy FP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mar 6, 1886 Univ. of Michigan 4 Oliver Horn FP St. Louis, Missouri Jun 22, 1901 5 Fred Lauer GK Chicago, Illinois Oct 13, 1898 6 George Mitchell FP San Francisco, California Apr 23, 1901 UC Berkeley 7 John Norton FP New York, New York Nov 27, 1899 8 Wally O'Connor FP Madera, California Aug 25, 1903 Stanford 9 George Schroth FP Sacramento, California Dec 31, 1899 Saint Mary's 10 Herb Vollmer (C) FP New York, New York Feb 15, 1895 Columbia 11 Johnny Weissmuller FP Freidorf (Szabadfalva) Jun 2, 1904 Note: The 11 players above were all listed in page 488, 490, 494 and 496 of the Official Report of the 1924 Olympic Games (page 486, 488, 492 and 494 of the PDF document). Telford Cann and Harold Kruger might be reserves or alternates. They did not compete in this tournament. The official report of the International Olympic Committee did not count them as competitors or medalists.
1928 Summer Olympics Maximum number of entries and participants: 1 team of 7 players and 4 reserves per nation Number of participating nations: 14 Host city: Amsterdam Final Ranking: 7th place Head coach: Perry McGillivray
# Player Height Weight Birthplace Birthdate Age College 1 John Cattus GK 2 Harry Daniels GK Boston, Massachusetts Jun 23, 1900 3 Joseph Farley FP Fordham 4 Richard Greenberg FP Chicago, Illinois Jun 13, 1902 5 Sam Greller FP Chicago, Illinois May 18, 1905 Univ. of Iowa 6 George Mitchell (C) FP San Francisco, California Apr 23, 1901 UC Berkeley 7 Wally O'Connor FP Madera, California Aug 25, 1903 Stanford 8 Paul Samson FP Emporia, Kansas Jun 12, 1905 Univ. of Michigan 9 George Schroth FP Sacramento, California Dec 31, 1899 Saint Mary's 10 Herbert Topp FP Copenhagen Apr 20, 1900 11 Johnny Weissmuller FP Freidorf (Szabadfalva) Jun 2, 1904 Note: The 11 players above were all listed in page 765, 811 and 815 of the Official Report of the 1928 Olympic Games (page 757, 803 and 807 of the PDF document). Ogden Driggs, Reginald Harrison, Fred Lauer and David Young might be reserves or alternates. They did not compete in this tournament. The official report of the International Olympic Committee did not count them as competitors.
1932 Summer Olympics Maximum number of entries and participants: 1 team of 7 players and 4 reserves per nation Number of participating nations: 5 Host city: Los Angeles Final Ranking: 3rd place ( Bronze medal) Head coach: Frank Rivas
# Player Height Weight Birthplace Birthdate Age College 1 Austin Clapp FP Farmington, New Hampshire Nov 8, 1910 Stanford 2 Phil Daubenspeck FP Los Angeles, California Oct 28, 1905 3 Charley Finn FP Bakersfield, California Jul 28, 1897 4 Harold McCallister FP Madison, South Dakota Oct 14, 1903 Stanford 5 Wally O'Connor (C) FP Madera, California Aug 25, 1903 Stanford 6 Cal Strong FP Jacksonville, Illinois Aug 12, 1907 Stanford 7 Herb Wildman GK Marion, Ohio Sep 6, 1912 Note: The 7 players above were all listed in page 607, 629, 630, 631, 632 and 633 of the Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games (page 623, 646, 647, 648, 649 and 650 of the PDF document). David Barclay, Frank Graham, Duke Kahanamoku, Fred Lauer, William O'Connor, Ray Ruddy, Theodore von Hemert and Ted Wiget might be reserves or alternates. They did not compete in this tournament. The official report of the International Olympic Committee did not count them as competitors or medalists.
1936 Summer Olympics Maximum number of entries and participants: 1 team of 7 players and 4 reserves per nation Number of participating nations: 16 Host city: Berlin Final Ranking: 9th place Head coach: Clyde Swendsen
# Player Height Weight Birthplace Birthdate Age College 1 Kenneth Beck FP Lovelock, Nevada Apr 19, 1915 USC 2 Phil Daubenspeck FP Los Angeles, California Oct 28, 1905 3 Charley Finn FP Bakersfield, California Jul 28, 1897 4 Dixon Fiske FP Esparto, California Sep 7, 1914 UCLA 5 Fred Lauer GK Chicago, Illinois Oct 13, 1898 6 Harold McCallister FP Madison, South Dakota Oct 14, 1903 Stanford 7 Wally O'Connor (C) FP Madera, California Aug 25, 1903 Stanford 8 Ray Ruddy FP New York, New York Aug 31, 1911 Columbia 9 Herb Wildman GK Marion, Ohio Sep 6, 1912 Note: The 9 players above were all listed in page 984 of the Official Report of the 1936 Olympic Games (page 345 of the PDF document). William Kelly might be a reserve or alternate. He did not compete in this tournament. The official report of the International Olympic Committee did not count him as a competitor.
1948 Summer Olympics Maximum number of entries and participants: 1 team of 7 players and 4 reserves per nation Number of participating nations: 18 Host city: London Final Ranking: 11th place Head coach: Austin Clapp
# Player Height Weight Birthplace Birthdate Age College 1 Kenneth Beck FP Lovelock, Nevada Apr 19, 1915 USC 2 Bob Bray CF Los Angeles, California Sep 27, 1919 UCLA 3 Ralph Budelman GK Chicago, Illinois Apr 19, 1918 4 Lee Case FP (Unknown), Nebraska Aug 8, 1917 USC 5 Chris Christensen FP Hamilton, Iowa Nov 15, 1918 UCLA 6 Harold Dash FP Jul 22, 1917 Northwestern 7 Dixon Fiske FP Esparto, California Sep 7, 1914 UCLA 8 Edwin Knox (C) FP Arapahoe, Colorado Jul 24, 1914 UCLA Note: The 8 players above were all listed in page 470 and 472 of the Official Report of the 1948 Olympic Games (page 642 and 644 of the PDF document). John Miller, Donald Tierney and Frank Walton might be reserves or alternates. They did not compete in this tournament. The official report of the International Olympic Committee did not count them as competitors.
1952 Summer Olympics Maximum number of entries and participants: 1 team of 7 players and 4 reserves per nation Number of participating nations: 21 Host city: Helsinki Final Ranking: 4th place Head coach: Urho Saari
# Player Height Weight Birthplace Birthdate Age College 1 Harry Bisbey GK Santa Monica, California May 10, 1931 USC 2 Marvin Burns FP Santa Ana, California Jul 6, 1928 USC 3 Bill Dornblaser FP Hawthorne, California Nov 4, 1933 El Camino 4 Bob Hughes CF Lennox, California Dec 15, 1930 USC 5 Edward Jaworski FP New York, New York Mar 11, 1926 Columbia 6 Bill Kooistra FP Chicago, Illinois Aug 26, 1926 Northwestern 7 Norman Lake FP Inglewood, California Dec 8, 1932 El Camino 8 Jim Norris (C) CB Salt Lake City, Utah Jul 7, 1930 USC 9 Jack Spargo D Hermosa Beach, California Jun 3, 1931 UCLA 10 Peter Stange FP Santa Monica, California Feb 28, 1931 UCLA Note: The 10 players above were all listed in page 599, 600, 603, 604 and 605 of the Official Report of the 1952 Olympic Games (page 602, 603, 606, 607 and 608 of the PDF document). Robert Koehler might be a reserve or alternate. He did not compete in this tournament. The official report of the International Olympic Committee did not count him as a competitor.
1956 Summer Olympics Maximum number of entries and participants: 1 team of 7 players and 4 reserves per nation Number of participating nations: 10 Host city: Melbourne Final Ranking: 5th place Head coach: Neil Kohlhase
# Player Height Weight Birthplace Birthdate Age College 1 Bob Frojen FP Hamburg, Hamburg Dec 1, 1930 Stanford 2 Jim Gaughran FP San Francisco, California Jul 5, 1932 Stanford 3 Ken Hahn GK Chicago, Illinois Jun 5, 1928 DePaul 4 Robert Horn GK Minneapolis, Minnesota Nov 1, 1931 Long Beach State 5 Bob Hughes CF Lennox, California Dec 15, 1930 USC 6 Bill Kooistra (C) FP Chicago, Illinois Aug 26, 1926 Northwestern 7 Sam Kooistra FP Chicago, Illinois Aug 18, 1935 Northwestern 8 Bill Ross FP Toronto, Ontario Jul 6, 1928 USC 9 Ronald Severa FP Munden, Kansas Aug 13, 1936 USC 10 Wally Wolf FP Los Angeles, California Oct 2, 1930 USC Note: