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Andrew Kerr OAM (born 2 April 1954) is an Australian former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, the 1980 Summer Olympics, the 1984 Summer Olympics, and the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Family

Andrew Kerr has 3 siblings, brothers Peter, Bill and sister Cecilia. His mother was Petronella Lynch (d. 2004) from Mildura. His father was Henry 'Harry' Kerr (c. 1921-July 2013), a retail clerk who reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant during service with the Royal Australian Air Force in World War 2. 'Harry' flew Kittyhawks with No. 76 Squadron RAAF and was also a flight instructor.

Honours

In 2009, Kerr was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2014 New Year's Day honours list.

See also

• Australia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments

References

1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrew Kerr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
2. ^ Heary, Monica (18 July 2013). "Flyover honour for wartime hero". The St. George & Sutherland Shire Leader. pp. 4, 6.
3. Gainsford, Jim (14 September 2012). "Fighter pilot's exploits honoured". The St. George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Fairfax. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
4. "Hall of Fame - Water Polo Australia". waterpoloaustralia.com.au. Water Polo Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
5. "Australia Day Honours: Kerr achieved big goals in water polo". 28 January 2014.

External links

• Andrew Kerr at Olympics.com
• Andrew Kerr at Olympedia
• Andrew Kerr at the Australian Olympic Committee

Australia squads

v t e Australia men's water polo squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – 11th place 1 Williams (GK) 2 Neesham 3 Mills 4 Montgomery 5 Brooks 6 Kerr 7 Langdon 8 Turner 9 D. Woods 10 Goff 11 R. Woods (GK) Coach: Hoad v t e Australia men's water polo squad – 1980 Summer Olympics – 7th place 1 M. Turner (GK) 2 Neesham 3 Bryant 4 Montgomery 5 Muspratt 6 Kerr 7 Falson 8 C. Turner 9 Callaghan 10 Goff 11 Steward (GK) Coach: Hoad v t e Australia men's water polo squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – 5th place 1 M. Turner (GK) 2 Pengelley 3 Bryant 4 Montgomery 5 Sherwell 6 Kerr 7 Mayers 8 C. Turner 9 Callaghan 10 Wybrow 11 Basser 12 Muspratt 13 Townsend (GK) Coach: Hoad v t e Australia men's water polo squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – 8th place 1 Townsend (GK) 2 Pengelley 3 Harrison 4 Stockwell 5 Wightman 6 Kerr 7 Mayers 8 Clark 9 Fox 10 Wybrow 11 Cameron (GK) 12 Taylor 13 Asher Coach: Hoad

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