Joe Ruddy

Joseph Aloysius Ruddy Sr. was an American competition swimmer and water polo player who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. Ruddy won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4x50-yard freestyle relay. He won a second gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. water polo team. ^{Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1962)}

28 September 1878

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