International Swimming Hall of Fame / Water polo players

The following list includes all 36 water polo players who have been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame since 1965 . Water polo has also been Olympic since the beginning of the 20th century and therefore Olympic medals are usually required to be accepted.

In addition to the name and nation of the athlete, the year of admission to the Hall of Fame, the career peak (defined as the time between the first and the last international success) and the number of Olympic medals are given.

International Swimming Hall of Fame (water polo players)

Surname	nation	Year of admission	Career highlight	Medals			Remarks
Alexei Barkalov	Soviet Union	1993	1968-1980	2	1	0
Gérard Blitz	Belgium	1990	1920-1936	0	2	1	won bronze over 100 m back in 1920, 1 world record over 400 m back
Gianni DeMagistris	Italy	1995	1968-1984	0	1	0	has participated in 5 Olympic Games and scored 60 goals
Manuel Estiarte	Spain	2007	1980-2000	1	1	0	six Olympic starts; Top scorer in 1980, 1984 and 1988.
Tamas Farago	Hungary	1993	1970-1980	1	1	1
Fritz favor	Germany	1990	1928-1936	1	2	0	was team captain at the Olympic Games in 1928, 1932 and 1936
Dezső Gyarmati	Hungary	1976	1948-1964	3	1	0
Olivér Halassy	Hungary	1978	1928-1936	2	1	0	was also European champion in the 1500 m freestyle
Marton Homonnay	Hungary	1971	1928-1936	2	1	0	was team captain at the Olympic Games in 1932 and 1936
Zoran Janković	Yugoslavia	2004	1964-1971	1	1	0
Alexandr S. Kabanov	Soviet Union	2001	1972-1983	2	0	0	was the coach of the Russian water polo team in the 1990s
György Kárpáti	Hungary	1982	1952-1964	3	0	1
Bela Komjadi	Hungary	1995	1912-1931	0	0	0	The forefather of the Hungarian water ball, invented the air pass
Zdravko Kovačić-Ciro	Yugoslavia	1984	1948-1956	0	2	0	was goalkeeper and team captain in the Yugoslav water polo team
Dezső Lemhényi	Hungary	1998	1940-1952	1	1	0	1952-1960 coach of the Hungarian water polo team
Mario Majoni	Italy	1972	1934-1948	1	0	0	was the captain of the Italian water polo team from 1938 to 1948
Kálmán Markovits	Hungary	1994	1952-1962	2	0	1	coached the Hungarian water polo team in 1968 and 1992
Mihály Mayer	Hungary	1987	1956-1964	2	0	2
Igor Milanović	Yugoslavia	2006	1984-1991	2	0	0	scored 560 goals in more than 349 international competitions
János Németh	Hungary	1969	1932-1948	2	1	0	with him Hungary lost only one of 110 games between 1929 and 1939
Wallace O'Connor	United States	1966	1924-1936	0	0	2
Henri Padou	France	1970	1924-1936	1	0	1
Eraldo Pizzo	Italy	1990	1958-1972	1	0	0
Joseph Plentinex	Belgium	1988	1908-1926	0	3	1
Paul Radmilovic	Society. King	1967	1906-1920	4th	0	0	won gold in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay in 1908
Cesare Rubini	Italy	2000	1947-1956	1	0	1	is also a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Joe Ruddy	United States	1986	1904-19xx	1	0	0
Mirko Sandić	Yugoslavia	1999	1960-1970	1	1	0
Terry Schroeder	United States	2002	1979-1992	0	2	0
Yevgeny Sharonov	Russia	2003	1980-1992	1	0	2
Charles Smith	Society. King	1981	1908-1924	3	0	0	was on the British water polo team for 24 years (1902 to 1926)
Jimmy Smith	United States	1992	1924-1935	0	0	0	Father and designer of the modern beach ball
István Szívós Jr.	Hungary	1996	1968-1980	1	1	2
István Szívós Sr.	Hungary	1997	1948-1956	2	1	0
George Wilkinson	Society. King	1980	1900-1912	3	0	0	was on the British water polo team between 1901 and 1922
Craig Wilson	United States	2005	1984-1992	0	2	0

Also included as a water polo player, but listed in a different category:

• John Derbyshire ( swimmer )
• John Hatfield ( swimmer )
• Monte Nitzkowski ( trainer )
• Erich Rademacher ( swimmer )
• Tim Shaw ( swimmer )
• Clyde Swendsen ( trainer )

Web links

• International Swimming Hall of Fame