George Van Cleaf
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Full name | George W. Van Cleaf | |||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||
Born | Northfield, New York | October 8, 1879|||||||||||||
Died | January 6, 1905 Brooklyn, New York | (aged 25)|||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, water polo | |||||||||||||
Club | New York Athletic Club | |||||||||||||
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George W. Van Cleaf (October 8, 1879 – January 6, 1905) was an American water polo player and swimmer who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] At the 1904 Olympics, Van Cleaf was sponsored by the New York Athletic Club. He won a gold medal as a member of the New York Athletic Club's Olympic water polo team, and was also a member of the NYAC's fourth-place team in the men's 4x50-yard freestyle relay. In 1988, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[2][3]
References
- ^ "George Van Cleaf". Olympedia. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "George Van Cleaf (1988)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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