Ray Ruddy American swimmer (1911–1938)
Raymond Maurice Ruddy (August 31, 1911 – December 4, 1938) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States as a 16-year-old at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[ 1] men's 400-meter freestyle , and placed sixth in event final with a time of 5:25.0.[ 1] [ 2] men's 1,500-meter freestyle in a time of 21:05.0.[ 1] [ 3]
Ruddy was born in New York City , the son of 1904 Olympic swimmer Joe Ruddy .[ 4] Columbia University in New York, where he was a member of the Columbia Lions swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. He won the 1930 NCAA national championships in the 440-yard freestyle with a time of 4:55.6.[ 5]
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he was a member of the ninth-place U.S. water polo team.[ 1]
Ruddy died as a result of brain injuries sustained in an accident fall in 1938; he was 27 years old.[ 6]
In 1977, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame .[ 7] [ 8]
References
1 2 3 4 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Ray Ruddy . Retrieved March 23, 2013. ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games, Men's 400 metres Freestyle Final . Retrieved March 23, 2013. ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games, Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Final . Retrieved March 23, 2013. ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Joe Ruddy . Retrieved March 23, 2013. ↑ HickokSports.com, Sports History, NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Champions Archived 2002-02-23 at the Library of Congress Web Archives ↑ "Ray Ruddy, Olympic Swim Star, Killed By Plunge Down a Flight of Stairs ," The New York Times (December 5, 1938). Retrieved March 28, 2013. ↑ "Ray Ruddy (1977)" . usawaterpolo.org . USA Water Polo. Retrieved September 18, 2020 .↑ "Hall of Fame Inductees" . usawaterpolo.org . USA Water Polo. Retrieved September 18, 2020 .
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