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The New York Athletic Club is a private social club and athletic club in New York state. Founded in 1868, [1] the club has approximately 8,600 members and two facilities: the City House, located at 180 Central Park South in Manhattan, and Travers Island, located in Westchester County. Membership in the club is by invitation only. [2]
Wigo longed for competitive play, however, and soon took up water polo, playing with the St. Francis College Youth Water Polo Club in Brooklyn Heights, New York. At 13 he was the youngest player on the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) team and had earned the Club's prestigious Utzinger Award two years consecutively. [5]
The United States men's national water polo team represents the United States of America internationally in men's water polo. They are the only squad outside of Europe to medal in the men's Olympic water polo tournament , having done so most recently during the 2024 Summer Olympics , winning bronze against Hungary in a penalty shootout.
In the autumn of the same year (1890) the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) introduced the game to members. The first US championships were held on 28 January 1890, in Providence, when Sydenham Swimmers Club defeated Boston Athletic Association by 2:1. Water polo final at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Team competition. 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 ...
Water polo game during 1904 Summer Olympics. At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, with three club teams of seven players each. [1] A German team tried to enter, but its entry was refused because their players did not play for the same club. [2]
David A. Hesser (January 1884 – February 13, 1908) 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, Hesser was sponsored by the New York Athletic Club, and was a member of the NYAC Olympic water polo team that won the gold medal in the ...
David Bratton. David Hey Bratton (October, 1869 – December 3, 1904) was an American water polo player and competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] Bratton was sponsored by the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) at the time of the 1904 Olympics, and was a member of NYAC Olympic ...