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David Hesser

Personal information
Full name	David A. Hesser
National team	United States
Born	January 1884 (1884-01)
Died	(1908-02-13)February 13, 1908 (aged 24)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, water polo
Club	New York Athletic Club
Medal record Men's water polo Representing the United States Olympic Games 1904 St. Louis Team competition

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.

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 event. He was also a member of the NYAC Olympic relay team in the men's 4x50-yard freestyle relay which finished fourth in the event final.

Hesser died in 1908, at the age of 24.

References

1. "David Hesser". Olympedia. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Hesser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2015.

External links

• David Hesser at Olympedia

v t e 1904 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's team	Edgar Adams David Bratton Charles Daniels Billy Dickey Gwynne Evans Francis Gailey David Gaul Hugo Goetz Leo Goodwin David Hammond Louis Handley Jam Handy David Hesser Scott Leary John Meyers Bill Orthwein Charles Pyrah Amedee Reyburn Joe Ruddy Newman Samuel Marquard Schwarz Edwin Swatek Raymond Thorne Bill Tuttle George Van Cleaf

v t e United States men's water polo squad – 1904 Summer Olympics – Gold, Silver and Bronze medals
New York Athletic Club: Bratton, Goodwin, Handley, Hesser, Ruddy, Steen, Van Cleaf, Sundstrom (coach) Chicago Athletic Association: Beach, Hammond, Healy, Kehoe, Steever, Swatek, Tuttle, Meffert (coach) Missouri Athletic Club: Evans, Goessling, Meyers, Orthwein, Reyburn, Schreiner, Toeppen

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