Ray Ruddy

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Ray Ruddy
Personal information
Full name	Raymond Maurice Ruddy
Nickname(s)	"Ray"
Nationality	United States
Born	(1911-08-31)August 31, 1911 New York, New York
Died	December 4, 1938(1938-12-04) (aged 27) New York, New York
Sport
Sport	Swimming

Stroke(s)	Freestyle, water polo
Club	New York Athletic Club
College team	Columbia University

Raymond Maurice Ruddy (August 31, 1911 – December 4, 1938) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States as a 16-year-old at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.^[1] He competed in the men's 400-meter freestyle, and placed sixth in event final with a time of 5:25.0.^[1]^[2] He also finished fourth overall in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle in a time of 21:05.0.^[1]^[3]

Ruddy was born in New York City, the son of 1904 Olympic swimmer Joe Ruddy.^[4] He attended Columbia University in New York, where he was a member of the Columbia Lions swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. He won the 1930 NCAA national championships in the 440-yard freestyle with a time of 4:55.6.^[5]

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he was a member of the ninth-place U.S. water polo team.^[1]

Ruddy died as a result of brain injuries sustained in an accident fall in 1938; he was 27 years old.^[6]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Ray Ruddy. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games, Men's 400 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games, Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Joe Ruddy. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
↑ HickokSports.com, Sports History, NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Champions. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
↑ "Ray Ruddy, Olympic Swim Star, Killed By Plunge Down a Flight of Stairs," The New York Times (December 5, 1938). Retrieved March 28, 2013.

v t e 1928 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team	Tom Blankenburg Austin Clapp Buster Crabbe George Kojac Walter Laufer Ray Ruddy Paul Samson Johnny Weissmuller Paul Wyatt David Young

Women's Team	Jane Fauntz Eleanor Garatti Agnes Geraghty Marian Gilman Margaret Hoffman Eleanor Holm Susan Laird Adelaide Lambert Lisa Lindstrom Ethel McGary Josephine McKim Martha Norelius Albina Osipowich

Persondata
Name	Ruddy, Ray
Alternative names	Ruddy, Raymond Maurice; Ruddy, Raymond M.
Short description	American swimmer, Olympian
Date of birth	August 31, 1911
Place of birth	New York, New York, United States
Date of death	December 4, 1938
Place of death	New York, New York, United States

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