Ray Ruddy

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] He competed in the men's 400-meter freestyle, and placed sixth in event final with a time of 5:25.0.[1][2] He also finished fourth overall in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle in a time of 21:05.0.[1][3]

Ray Ruddy
Personal information
Full nameRaymond Maurice Ruddy
Nickname(s)"Ray"
National team United States
Born(1911-08-31)August 31, 1911
New York, New York
DiedDecember 4, 1938(1938-12-04) (aged 27)
New York, New York
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, water polo
ClubNew York Athletic Club
College teamColumbia University

Ruddy was born in New York City, the son of 1904 Olympic swimmer Joe Ruddy.[4] He attended 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]

See also

References
  1. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Ray Ruddy. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games, Men's 400 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  3. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games, Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  4. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Joe Ruddy. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  5. HickokSports.com, Sports History, NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Champions Archived 2002-02-23 at the Library of Congress Web Archives. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  6. "Ray Ruddy, Olympic Swim Star, Killed By Plunge Down a Flight of Stairs," The New York Times (December 5, 1938). Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  7. "Ray Ruddy (1977)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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