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The USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, located in Irvine, California, is a hall of fame dedicated to honoring players, coaches and officials who have contributed greatly to the game of water polo in the United States of America. It was established in 1976 by the USA Water Polo, which is the national governing body in the country.[1][2]

Committee

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Inductees

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As of 2020, 230 individuals have been elected.[2]

1970s

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Class of 1976

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  1. Kenneth M. Beck
  2. Lemoine S. Case
  3. Austin R. Clapp
  4. John J. Curren
  5. Harold N. Dash
  6. Phillip B. Daubenspeck
  7. Dixon Fiske
  8. Samuel J. Greller
  9. Lou DeBrenda Handley
  10. Robert E. Hughes
  11. Edward L. Jaworski
  12. William A. Kooistra
  13. Michael J. McDermott
  14. Perry McGillivray
  15. Jay-Ehret Mahoney
  16. Wallace O'Connor
  17. John Robinson
  18. Urho (Whitney) Saari
  19. George E. Schroth
  20. James R. Smith
  21. Frank Sullivan
  22. Vernon "Vern" Tittle
  23. Herbert E. "Hal" Vollmer
  24. Paul Wacker
  25. Wallace P. "Wally" Wolf

Class of 1977

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  1. Frederick Bassett
  2. Marvin "Ace" D. Burns
  3. Ronald Crawford
  4. Joseph Farley
  5. Robert Horn
  6. Samuel Kooistra
  7. John Miller
  8. H. Jamison Handy
  9. Joseph Ruddy
  10. Raymond Ruddy
  11. Ronald Severa

Class of 1979

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  1. Arthur Austin
  2. Charles Bittick
  3. Ralph Budelman
  4. James Gaughran
  5. Fred Lauer

1980s

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Class of 1980

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  1. Bob Bray
  2. Harry A. Bisbey
  3. Harry Hebner
  4. Charles McCallister
  5. Francis McDermott
  6. Charles McIlroy
  7. George Mitchell
  8. R. Max Ritter
  9. Clyde Swendsen
  10. Donald Tierney

Class of 1981

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  1. Robert Frojen
  2. Donald Good
  3. Neil Kohlhase
  4. Charlie Schroeder
  5. Albert Schwartz
  6. John Spargo
  7. Calvert Strong
  8. William Vosburg

Class of 1982

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  1. Carl Bauer
  2. Steven Barnett
  3. Andrew Burke
  4. Elmer Collett
  5. Kenneth Hahn
  6. Arthur Koblish[4]
  7. Robert Koehler
  8. Francis Moorman
  9. John Parker
  10. Roy Saari
  11. Gary Sheerer
  12. Anthony Van Dorp
  13. Dean Willeford

Class of 1983

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  1. David Ashleigh
  2. Devere "Chris" Christensen
  3. Charles Finn
  4. William Kelly
  5. Bruce Kidder
  6. Edwin Knox
  7. Richard "Hoot" Newman
  8. William Ross
  9. Burton Shaw
  10. Herbert Wildman

Class of 1984

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  1. Peter Asch
  2. Bruce Bradley
  3. Stanley Cole
  4. James Ferguson
  5. Robert Helmick
  6. George Stransky
  7. Russell Webb
  8. Barry Weitzenberg

Class of 1985

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  1. A. M. "Pete" Archer
  2. Heber Holloway
  3. Marty Hull
  4. Arthur Lambert
  5. Terry Sayring

Class of 1986

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  1. David "Jay" Flood

Class of 1987

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  1. Peter Schnugg

Class of 1988

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  1. Eric Lindroth
  2. Gus Sundstrom
  3. George Van Cleaf

Class of 1989

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  1. Frank F. Connor
  2. Christopher "Chris" T. Dorst
  3. Ogden Reid
  4. John Siman
  5. Jon Svendsen
  6. William Hale Thompson

1990s

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Class of 1990

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  1. John R. Felix
  2. William "Bill" W.R. Schroeder
  3. Ronald "Ron" L. Volmer
  4. Otto Wahle

Class of 1991

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  1. Andrew "Drew" McDonald
  2. Timothy A. Shaw

Class of 1992

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  1. Gary Figueroa
  2. Robert K. "Bob" Gaughran
  3. Becky Shaw
  4. Joseph Michael "Joe" Vargas

Class of 1993

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  1. William "Buck" Dawson
  2. Barbara J. Kalbus
  3. William "Eagle" McMarthy
  4. Kenneth M. "Monte" Nitzkowski
  5. James W. "Jim" Schultz

Class of 1994

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  1. Arthur D. "Art" Adamson
  2. Jules J. Ameno
  3. Douglas Lambert "Doug" Burke
  4. Jody D. Campbell
  5. Charles B. "Shorty" Dwight III
  6. Steven "Harpo" Hamann
  7. Charles "Chuck" Metz
  8. George Ratkovic
  9. Kevin Robertson
  10. Norton D. "Nort" Thorton

Class of 1995

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  1. Paul "Bear" Barren
  2. Peter J. "Pete" Cutino
  3. Tom Hermstad

Class of 1996

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  1. Charles H. "Charlie" Harris
  2. Ralph W. Hale M.D.
  3. Robert E. Lee Jr.

Class of 1997

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  1. Andrew F. "Andy" Habermann
  2. William U. "Bill" Harris
  3. Stanley E. "Stan" Sprague
  4. Kenneth "Ken" Lindgren

Class of 1998

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  1. Greg Boyer
  2. Richard J. Foster
  3. Steve Heaston
  4. Janice Krauser
  5. Sandra H. "Sandy" Nitta

Class of 1999

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  1. Jane Hale
  2. Edward W. "Ed" Reed Jr.
  3. Terry A. Schroeder
  4. James "Jim" Slatton
  5. Craig "Willy" Wilson

2000s

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Class of 2000

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  1. William "Bill" Barnett
  2. Peter Campbell
  3. Dennis "Fos" Fosdick
  4. William "Bill" Frady
  5. Gordon "Gordie" Hall
  6. Ken "Ham" Hamdorf
  7. Richard F. "Doc" Hunkler
  8. Douglas "Doug" Kimbell
  9. Craig Klass
  10. John D. Williams

Class of 2001

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  1. Brent Bohlender
  2. Jeffery Campbell
  3. Christopher D. "Chris" Duplanty
  4. Mike "Evo" Evans
  5. Roger Nekton
  6. Michael "Mike" Schofield
  7. Scott Schulte
  8. Mary Sprague

Class of 2002

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  1. James Bergeson
  2. Donald H. Clooney
  3. Dante Dettamanti
  4. Jeffery N. Heidmous
  5. Dr. Alan Mouchawar

Class of 2003

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  1. William K. Anttila
  2. Laura Baker
  3. Theresa Bixby
  4. Richard Draz
  5. Dion Gray
  6. Frank Hassett
  7. David A. Heck
  8. Kathy Jo Horne
  9. Lynn Comer Kachmarik
  10. Kelvin Parker Kemp
  11. Maureen "Mo" O'Toole

Class of 2004

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  1. Kirk Everist
  2. Vaune Kadlubek
  3. Maggi Kelly
  4. Walter "Wally" Lundt
  5. James "Moose" Mulcrone
  6. Alex Rousseau
  7. Lynn Wittstock

2010s

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Class of 2010

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  1. Bret Bernard
  2. Heather Moody
  3. Edward Rudloff
  4. Kathy "Gubba" Sheehy
  5. Peter Ueberroth
  6. Jamey Wright

Class of 2011

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  1. Robin Beauregard
  2. Michael Garibaldi
  3. Jennie Jacobsen-Huse
  4. Kyle Kopp
  5. Wolf Wigo

Class of 2012

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  1. Bill Brown
  2. Ellen Estes Lee
  3. Margo Miranda

Class of 2014

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  1. Edward Newland
  2. Jim Sprague
  3. Andy Takata
  4. Sandy Vessey-Schneider

Class of 2015

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  1. Natalie Golda Benson
  2. Richard Corso
  3. Amber Drury

Class of 2018

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  1. Guy Baker
  2. Scott Hinman
  3. Chris Humbert
  4. Heather Petri
  5. Brenda Villa

Class of 2019

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  1. Elizabeth Armstrong
  2. Ryan Bailey
  3. Jeff Powers
  4. Jessica Steffens
  5. John Tanner
  6. Lauren Wenger
  7. Adam Wright

2020s

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Class of 2020

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  1. Gavin Arroyo
  2. Gary Robinett
  3. Kelly Rulon
  4. Bruce Wigo
  5. Elsie Windes

Class of 2021

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  1. Courtney Mathewson
  2. Kami Craig
  3. Ericka Lorenz
  4. Tony Azevedo
  5. Merrill Moses

Class of 2022

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  1. Layne Beaubien
  2. Kelli Billish-Fitter
  3. Bob Corb
  4. Russ Hafferkamp
  5. John Vargas

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Hall of Fame". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Hall of Fame Committee - Recognition". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "Arthur Koblish, V-12, Navy Reserve - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago". www.pritzkermilitary.org.
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