John Spargo (water polo)
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Born | Hermosa Beach, California, United States | June 3, 1931|||||||||||
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John "Jack" Arthur Spargo (born June 3, 1931) is an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Hermosa Beach, California. He graduated from El Segundo High School. He played college water polo for the UCLA Bruins serving for a time as team captain. Spargo was a member of the American water polo team which finished fourth in the 1952 tournament. He played five matches. In 1981, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "John A Spargo (1981)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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- 1931 births
- Living people
- People from Hermosa Beach, California
- El Segundo High School alumni
- UCLA Bruins men's water polo players
- American male water polo players
- Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic water polo players for the United States
- Water polo players at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in water polo
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American water polo biography stubs