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Norman Ezra Lake (born December 8, 1932) is an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Lake was a member of the American water polo team which finished fourth in the 1952 tournament. He played two matches.
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At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, with three club teams of seven players each. A German team tried to enter, but its entry was refused because their players did not play for the same club.
Cesare Rubini was an Italian professional basketball player and coach, and a water polo player. He was considered to be one of the greatest European basketball coaches of all time, Rubini was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994, making him the first, and to this day, just one of three Italian basketball figures to receive such an honour, alongside Dino Meneghin and Sandro Gamba. He was also inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2000.
Kenneth Monfore "Monte" Nitzkowski was an American former competition swimmer, and water polo competitor for the University of California at Los Angeles, and a Hall of Fame water polo coach for Long Beach City College from 1952-1989, where he led his teams to 32 conference water polo championships in 34 years. He served as a U.S. Olympic Water Polo team coach in 1968, 1972, 1980, and 1984, and was a Pan American Games coach for the U.S. team four times.
The Hungary men's national water polo team represents Hungary in international men's water polo competitions and is controlled by the Hungarian Water Polo Association. It is considered the world's top power in the history of water polo, having won 16 Olympic, 12 World Championship, 10 FINA World Cup, eight FINA World League, 26 European Championship and 17 Summer Universiade medals for a total of 91.
The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Harry Arthur Bisbey was an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Santa Monica, California. He graduated from El Segundo High School. Bisbey was a member of the American water polo team which finished fourth in the 1952 tournament. He played all nine matches as goalkeeper. In 1980, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.
Marvin Duane "Ace" Burns was an American water polo player who competed for Fullerton Junior College, the University of Southern California and the Whittier Swim Club Polo Team, and played for the U.S. in both the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Robert Earl Hughes was an American water polo player and breaststroke swimmer for the University of Southern California who competed in both the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.
William "Bill" August Kooistra was an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
James "Jim" Leo Norris was an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Norris was a member of the American water polo team which finished fourth in the 1952 tournament. He played eight matches.
The Argentina men's national water polo team is Argentina's representative in international men's water polo.
The Mercyhurst Lakers, representing Mercyhurst University which is located in Erie, Pennsylvania, are composed of 24 teams in intercollegiate athletics. The Lakers compete in NCAA Division I and are members of the Northeast Conference for most sports. The men's and women's ice hockey teams are members of Atlantic Hockey America, formed shortly after the 2023–24 season by the merger of the men's former home of the Atlantic Hockey Association and the women's former home of College Hockey America. The men's and women's water polo teams play in the Collegiate Water Polo Association.
The West London Penguin Swimming and Water Polo Club is a British water polo and masters swimming Club with history dating back to 1916. It was formed in 1976 as the Hammersmith Penguin Swimming Club by the merger of the Hammersmith Ladies Swimming Club and Penguin Swimming Club (1921). It states its date of foundation as 1921.
This article contains lists of various statistics on the United States men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The lists are updated as of March 30, 2020.
This article presents the national team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 1900.
