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Joe Ruddy

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Aloysius Ruddy Sr.
National team	United States
Born	(1878-09-28)September 28, 1878 New York, New York
Died	November 11, 1962(1962-11-11) (aged 84) Far Rockaway, New York
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, water polo
Club	New York Athletic Club
Medal record Representing the United States Men's swimming 1904 St. Louis 4x50 yd freestyle Men's water polo 1904 St. Louis Team competition

Joseph Aloysius Ruddy Sr. (September 28, 1878 – November 11, 1962) was an American competition swimmer and water polo player who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. Ruddy won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4x50-yard freestyle relay. He won a second gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. water polo team.

Ruddy was the father of 1928 Olympic swimmer Ray Ruddy, and two other sons and two daughters. His oldest son and namesake, Joseph Ruddy, Jr. was a U.S. Navy admiral.

He died at his home in Far Rockaway, New York in 1962 at the age of 84.

In 1977, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• List of athletes with Olympic medals in different disciplines
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

1. "Joe Ruddy". Olympedia. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
2. ^ "Joseph A. Ruddy Sr. Dies at 84; Swimmer Was Water Polo Star," The New York Times (November 12, 1962). Retrieved March 28, 2013.
3. "Joe A Ruddy (1977)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
4. "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved September 18, 2020.

External links

• Joe Ruddy at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Joe Ruddy at the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame
• Joe Ruddy at Olympics.com
• Joe Ruddy 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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