Doug Burke (water polo)

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Doug Burke
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Full nameDouglas Lambert Burke
BornMarch 30, 1957 (1957-03-30) (age 67)
Modesto, California, U.S.
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Men's water polo
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Douglas Lambert Burke (born March 30, 1957) is a former water polo player who won a silver medal for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

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Burke was born in Modesto, California. He played collegiately for Stanford University and he has an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1994, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Douglas Burke (1994)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2020-04-04. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 18 September 2020.