Joe Ruddy
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| Full name | Joseph Aloysius Ruddy, Sr. | |||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Joe" | |||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States |
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| Born | September 28, 1878 New York, New York |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Far Rockaway, New York |
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, water polo | |||||||||||||||
| Club | New York Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
He died at home in 1962; he was 84 years old.[1]
See also
- List of athletes with Olympic medals in different disciplines
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Joseph A. Ruddy Sr. Dies at 84; Swimmer Was Water Polo Star," The New York Times (November 12, 1962). Retrieved March 28, 2013.
External links
- Joe Ruddy – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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