Sam Kooistra
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| Born | August 18, 1935 Chicago, Illinois, United States | |||||||||||
| Died | September 18, 2010 (aged 75) Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||
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Samuel Gene Kooistra (August 18, 1935 – September 18, 2010) was an American water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Chicago and is the younger brother of William Kooistra.
Kooistra was a member of the American water polo team which finished fifth in the 1956 Olympic tournament. He played four matches. Kooistra was a member of the American water polo team that finished first in the 1959 Pan American Games tournament.
In 1977, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[1][2]
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- Sam Kooistra's obituary
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- 1935 births
- 2010 deaths
- American male water polo players
- Olympic water polo players for the United States
- Water polo players from Chicago
- Water polo players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in water polo
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American water polo biography stubs