George Van Cleaf
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| Full name | George W. Van Cleaf | ||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | October 8, 1879 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | January 6, 1905 (aged 25) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, water polo | ||||||||||||||
| Club | New York Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
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George W. Van Cleaf (October 8, 1879 – January 6, 1905) was an American water polo player and swimmer who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] At the 1904 Olympics, Van Cleaf was sponsored by the New York Athletic Club. He won a gold medal as a member of the New York Athletic Club's Olympic water polo team, and was also a member of the NYAC's fourth-place team in the men's 4x50-yard freestyle relay. He and his water polo teammate, David Bratton, died of typhoid fever within four months after the competition. In 1988, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[2][3]
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- 1879 births
- 1905 deaths
- American male water polo players
- Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Olympic deaths
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Olympic water polo players for the United States
- Sportspeople from Staten Island
- Swimmers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American water polo Olympic medalist stubs