This article contains lists of appearances of the United States men's national water polo team rosters at the Summer Olympics, and is part of the United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics series. The lists are updated as of March 30, 2020.

Abbreviations No. Cap number Rk Rank App Appearance Ref Reference H Handedness L Left-handed R Right-handed Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper CB Center back (2-meter defense) CF Center forward (2-meter offense) D Driver (attacker) U Utility (except goalkeeper)

Appearances

Players The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), date of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively.

Sixteen American athletes have each made at least three Olympic appearances. Tony Azevedo is the first and only American water polo player (man or woman) to have competed in five Olympic Games.

Name Games as player Period Birthdate Age of firstOlympic Age of lastOlympic 1 Tony Azevedo D R 5 2000, 2004, 2008 , 2012, 2016 Nov 21, 1981 2 Wally O'Connor FP 4 1924 , 1928, 1932 , 1936 Aug 25, 1903 Ryan Bailey CF R 4 2000, 2004, 2008 , 2012 Aug 28, 1975 Jesse Smith CB/U R 4 2004, 2008 , 2012, 2016 Apr 27, 1983 5 Ron Crawford D/CF R 3 1960, 1964, 1968 Dec 6, 1939 Stan Cole CF/D R 3 1964, 1968, 1972 Oct 12, 1945 Terry Schroeder CF 3 1984 , 1988 , 1992 Oct 9, 1958 Craig Wilson GK 3 1984 , 1988 , 1992 Feb 5, 1957 Chris Duplanty GK 3 1988 , 1992, 1996 Oct 21, 1965 Mike Evans D 3 1988 , 1992, 1996 Mar 26, 1960 Chris Humbert CF L 3 1992, 1996, 2000 Dec 27, 1969 Wolf Wigo D 3 1996, 2000, 2004 May 8, 1973 Layne Beaubien CB/U R 3 2004, 2008 , 2012 Jul 4, 1976 Jeff Powers CF/CB/U R 3 2004, 2008 , 2012 Jan 21, 1980 Adam Wright D R 3 2004, 2008 , 2012 May 4, 1977 Merrill Moses GK R 3 2008 , 2012, 2016 Aug 13, 1977 17 Herb Vollmer FP 2 1920, 1924 Feb 15, 1895 George Mitchell FP 2 1924 , 1928 Apr 23, 1901 George Schroth FP 2 1924 , 1928 Dec 31, 1899 Johnny Weissmuller FP 2 1924 , 1928 Jun 2, 1904 Fred Lauer GK 2 1924 , 1936 Oct 13, 1898 Phil Daubenspeck FP 2 1932 , 1936 Oct 28, 1905 Charley Finn FP 2 1932 , 1936 Jul 28, 1897 Harold McCallister FP 2 1932 , 1936 Oct 14, 1903 Herb Wildman GK 2 1932 , 1936 Sep 6, 1912 Kenneth Beck FP 2 1936, 1948 Apr 19, 1915 Dixon Fiske FP 2 1936, 1948 Sep 7, 1914 Bob Hughes CF 2 1952, 1956 Dec 15, 1930 Bill Kooistra FP 2 1952, 1956 Aug 26, 1926 Marvin Burns FP 2 1952, 1960 Jul 6, 1928 Robert Horn GK 2 1956, 1960 Nov 1, 1931 Ronald Severa FP 2 1956, 1960 Aug 13, 1936 Wally Wolf FP 2 1956, 1960 Oct 2, 1930 Chick McIlroy D/CF R 2 1960, 1964 Aug 1, 1938 Dave Ashleigh FP R 2 1964, 1968 Aug 8, 1943 Tony van Dorp GK R 2 1964, 1968 Jun 25, 1936 Steve Barnett GK 2 1968, 1972 Jun 6, 1943 Bruce Bradley FP 2 1968, 1972 Jan 15, 1947 John Parker FP 2 1968, 1972 Sep 13, 1946 Gary Sheerer FP 2 1968, 1972 Feb 18, 1947 Russ Webb CB 2 1968, 1972 Jun 1, 1945 Barry Weitzenberg FP 2 1968, 1972 Sep 30, 1946 Jody Campbell CF 2 1984 , 1988 Mar 4, 1960 Peter Campbell CF/U 2 1984 , 1988 May 21, 1960 Kevin Robertson D L 2 1984 , 1988 Feb 2, 1959 Jeff Campbell CB 2 1988 , 1992 Oct 2, 1962 Doug Kimbell CB 2 1988 , 1992 Jun 22, 1960 Craig Klass CF L 2 1988 , 1992 Jun 20, 1965 Kirk Everist D 2 1992, 1996 Apr 12, 1967 Alex Rousseau CF L 2 1992, 1996 Nov 4, 1967 Gavin Arroyo CB 2 1996, 2000 May 10, 1972 Dan Hackett GK 2 1996, 2000 Sep 11, 1970 Kyle Kopp CF 2 1996, 2000 Nov 10, 1966 Chris Oeding D 2 1996, 2000 Sep 10, 1971 Brandon Brooks GK R 2 2004, 2008 Apr 29, 1981 Peter Hudnut CB R 2 2008 , 2012 Feb 16, 1980 Tim Hutten CB R 2 2008 , 2012 Jun 4, 1985 Peter Varellas D L 2 2008 , 2012 Oct 2, 1984 John Mann CF R 2 2012, 2016 Jun 27, 1985 60 Gwynne Evans 1 1904 Sep 3, 1880 Gus Goessling 1 1904 Nov 17, 1878 John Meyers 1 1904 Jun 28, 1880 Bill Orthwein 1 1904 Oct 16, 1881 Amedee Reyburn 1 1904 Mar 25, 1879 Frank Schreiner 1 1904 Mar 24, 1879 Manfred Toeppen 1 1904 Sep 3, 1887 David Bratton 1 1904 Oct 1869 Budd Goodwin FP 1 1904 Nov 13, 1883 Louis Handley FP 1 1904 Feb 14, 1874 David Hesser FP 1 1904 Jan 1884 Joe Ruddy FP 1 1904 Sep 28, 1878 James Steen 1 1904 Nov 19, 1876 George Van Cleaf FP 1 1904 Oct 8, 1879 Rex Beach 1 1904 Sep 1, 1877 David Hammond 1 1904 Jan 5, 1881 Charles Healy 1 1904 Oct 4, 1883 Frank Kehoe 1 1904 Jerome Steever 1 1904 Jan 7, 1880 Edwin Swatek 1 1904 Jan 7, 1885 Bill Tuttle 1 1904 Feb 21, 1882 Clement Browne 1 1920 Jan 4, 1896 James Carson FP 1 1920 Jul 30, 1901 Harry Hebner FP 1 1920 Jun 15, 1891 Sophus Jensen 1 1920 Jul 27, 1889 Mike McDermott FP 1 1920 Jan 18, 1893 Perry McGillivray FP 1 1920 Aug 5, 1893 Norman Ross 1 1920 May 2, 1896 Preston Steiger 1 1920 Sep 6, 1898 Herbert Taylor 1 1920 Jun 7, 1892 William Vosburgh FP 1 1920 Dec 16, 1890 Art Austin FP 1 1924 Jul 8, 1902 Elmer Collett GK 1 1924 1903 Jam Handy FP 1 1924 Mar 6, 1886 Oliver Horn FP 1 1924 Jun 22, 1901 John Norton FP 1 1924 Nov 27, 1899 John Cattus GK 1 1928 Harry Daniels GK 1 1928 Jun 23, 1900 Joseph Farley FP 1 1928 Richard Greenberg FP 1 1928 Jun 13, 1902 Sam Greller FP 1 1928 May 18, 1905 Paul Samson FP 1 1928 Jun 12, 1905 Herbert Topp FP 1 1928 Apr 20, 1900 Austin Clapp FP 1 1932 Nov 8, 1910 Cal Strong FP 1 1932 Aug 12, 1907 Ray Ruddy FP 1 1936 Aug 31, 1911 Bob Bray CF 1 1948 Sep 27, 1919 Ralph Budelman GK 1 1948 Apr 19, 1918 Lee Case FP 1 1948 Aug 8, 1917 Chris Christensen FP 1 1948 Nov 15, 1918 Harold Dash FP 1 1948 Jul 22, 1917 Edwin Knox FP 1 1948 Jul 24, 1914 Harry Bisbey GK 1 1952 May 10, 1931 Bill Dornblaser FP 1 1952 Nov 4, 1933 Edward Jaworski FP 1 1952 Mar 11, 1926 Norman Lake FP 1 1952 Dec 8, 1932 Jim Norris CB 1 1952 Jul 7, 1930 Jack Spargo D 1 1952 Jun 3, 1931 Peter Stange FP 1 1952 Feb 28, 1931 Bob Frojen FP 1 1956 Dec 1, 1930 Jim Gaughran FP 1 1956 Jul 5, 1932 Ken Hahn GK 1 1956 Jun 5, 1928 Sam Kooistra FP 1 1956 Aug 18, 1935 Bill Ross FP 1 1956 Jul 6, 1928 Chuck Bittick FP 1 1960 Nov 2, 1939 Gordie Hall GK 1 1960 Nov 27, 1935 Fred Tisue FP 1 1960 Oct 17, 1938 Ron Volmer FP 1 1960 Nov 22, 1935 Dan Drown FP R 1 1964 Oct 24, 1942 Ned McIlroy FP R 1 1964 Jul 26, 1939 Paul McIlroy FP R 1 1964 May 12, 1937 Bob Saari FP R 1 1964 Jun 7, 1948 George Stransky GK R 1 1964 Jan 16, 1944 Ralph Whitney FP R 1 1964 Oct 30, 1936 Dean Willeford FP 1 1968 Oct 9, 1944 Peter Asch FP 1 1972 Oct 16, 1948 Jim Ferguson D 1 1972 Apr 27, 1949 Eric Lindroth CF L 1 1972 Sep 12, 1951 Jim Slatton GK 1 1972 Jul 30, 1947 Doug Burke D 1 1984 Mar 30, 1957 Chris Dorst GK 1 1984 Jun 5, 1956 Gary Figueroa D 1 1984 Sep 28, 1956 Drew McDonald CB 1 1984 Oct 19, 1955 Tim Shaw D 1 1984 Nov 8, 1957 John Siman CB 1 1984 Oct 7, 1952 Jon Svendsen CB 1 1984 Oct 26, 1953 Joe Vargas D 1 1984 Oct 4, 1955 James Bergeson D 1 1988 Mar 21, 1961 Greg Boyer CF 1 1988 Feb 5, 1958 Alan Mouchawar U 1 1988 Aug 3, 1960 Erich Fischer CB/U 1 1992 Mar 12, 1966 Charlie Harris CF 1 1992 Nov 9, 1963 John Vargas D 1 1992 Jun 17, 1961 Troy Barnhart, Jr. CF 1 1996 May 22, 1971 Jeremy Laster D L 1 1996 Feb 24, 1974 Rick McNair CB 1 1996 Sep 10, 1971 Sean Kern CF/CB 1 2000 Jul 11, 1978 Chi Kredell CB 1 2000 Feb 16, 1971 Robert Lynn CB/U 1 2000 Feb 7, 1967 Sean Nolan GK 1 2000 Jul 18, 1972 Brad Schumacher D 1 2000 Mar 6, 1974 Omar Amr D 1 2004 Sep 20, 1974 Genai Kerr GK 1 2004 Dec 25, 1976 Dan Klatt CB 1 2004 Oct 28, 1978 Brett Ormsby D 1 2004 Dec 1, 1982 Chris Segesman CB 1 2004 Jun 17, 1979 J. W. Krumpholz CF R 1 2008 Sep 22, 1987 Rick Merlo U R 1 2008 Aug 5, 1982 Shea Buckner D R 1 2012 Dec 12, 1986 Chay Lapin GK R 1 2012 Feb 25, 1987 McQuin Baron GK R 1 2016 Oct 27, 1995 Bret Bonanni D R 1 2016 Jan 20, 1994 Alex Bowen D R 1 2016 Sep 4, 1993 Luca Cupido D R 1 2016 Nov 9, 1995 Thomas Dunstan D L 1 2016 Sep 29, 1997 Ben Hallock CF R 1 2016 Nov 22, 1997 Alex Obert CF/CB R 1 2016 Dec 18, 1991 Alex Roelse CB R 1 2016 Jan 10, 1995 Josh Samuels D R 1 2016 Jul 8, 1991 Name Games as player Period Birthdate Age of firstOlympic Age of lastOlympic

Historical progression – appearances of players The following table shows the historical progression of appearances of players at the Olympic Games.

Achievement Games Player Height Date Age Duration of record 2 Set record 1924 Herb Vollmer FP Jul 13, 1924 Tied record 1928 George Mitchell FP Aug 6, 1928 Wally O'Connor FP George Schroth FP Johnny Weissmuller FP 3 Broke record 1932 Wally O'Connor FP Aug 6, 1932 4 Broke record 1936 Wally O'Connor FP Aug 8, 1936 Tied record 2012 8 Tony Azevedo D R Jul 29, 2012 9 Ryan Bailey CF R 5 Broke record 2016 8 Tony Azevedo D R Aug 6, 2016

Head coaches The following tables are pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), date of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively.

Six men have each made two Olympic appearances as head coaches of the United States men's national team.

Name Games as head coach Period Birthdate Age of firstOlympic Age of lastOlympic 1 Otto Wahle 2 1920, 1924 Nov 5, 1879 Neil Kohlhase 2 1956, 1960 Urho Saari 2 1952, 1964 Monte Nitzkowski 2 1972 , 1984 Sep 7, 1929 Bill Barnett 2 1988 , 1992 Terry Schroeder 2 2008 , 2012 Oct 9, 1958 7 Gus Sundstrom 1 1904 Alex Meffert 1 1904 (Unknown) 1 1904 Perry McGillivray 1 1928 Aug 5, 1893 Frank Rivas 1 1932 Clyde Swendsen 1 1936 May 25, 1895 Austin Clapp 1 1948 Nov 8, 1910 Art Lambert 1 1968 Richard Corso 1 1996 John Vargas 1 2000 Jun 17, 1961 Ratko Rudić 1 2004 Jun 7, 1948 Dejan Udovičić 1 2016 Jul 27, 1970 Name Games as head coach Period Birthdate Age of firstOlympic Age of lastOlympic

Four Americans have each made Olympic appearances as players and as head coaches of the United States men's national team.

Name Games Period Birthdate Age of firstOlympic Age of lastOlympic As player As head coach 1 Terry Schroeder 5 1984 , 1988 , 1992 2008 , 2012 Oct 9, 1958 2 Perry McGillivray 2 1920 1928 Aug 5, 1893 Austin Clapp 2 1932 1948 Nov 8, 1910 John Vargas 2 1992 2000 Jun 17, 1961

Historical progression – appearances of head coaches The following table shows the historical progression of appearances of head coaches at the Olympic Games.

Achievement Games Head coach Date Age Duration of record 1 Set record 1920 Otto Wahle Aug 24, 1920 2 Broke record 1924 Otto Wahle Jul 13, 1924 Tied record 1960 Neil Kohlhase Aug 26, 1960 Tied record 1964 Urho Saari Oct 11, 1964 Tied record 1984 Monte Nitzkowski Aug 1, 1984 Tied record 1992 Bill Barnett Aug 1, 1992 Tied record 2012 Terry Schroeder Jul 29, 2012

Miscellaneous Water polo families Brothers The three McIlroy brothers (Paul, Chick and Ned) were all members of the 1964 United States men's Olympic water polo team.

The Kooistra brothers (Bill and Sam) played for the United States in water polo at the 1956 Olympics. Jeff Campbell competed alongside his elder brother, Peter, at the 1988 Olympics.

Relation-ship Family Name Birthdate Games Age Note Threebrothers McIlroy Chick McIlroy D/CF Aug 1, 1938 1960 Paul McIlroy FP May 12, 1937 1964 Three brothers in anOlympic tournament Chick McIlroy D/CF Aug 1, 1938 Ned McIlroy FP Jul 26, 1939 Twobrothers Kooistra Bill Kooistra FP Aug 26, 1926 1952 Bill Kooistra FP Aug 26, 1926 1956 Two brothers in anOlympic tournament Sam Kooistra FP Aug 18, 1935 Campbell Peter Campbell CF May 21, 1960 1984 Peter Campbell CF/U May 21, 1960 1988 Two brothers in anOlympic tournament Jeff Campbell CB Oct 2, 1962 Jeff Campbell CB Oct 2, 1962 1992 Vargas Joe Vargas D Oct 4, 1955 1980* Joe Vargas D Oct 4, 1955 1984 John Vargas D Jun 17, 1961 1992 John Vargas Coach Jun 17, 1961 2000 *Qualified but withdrew.

Tony van Dorp, a Dutch-American goalkeeper, competed in the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics for the United States. His younger brother, Fred, was a Dutch field player, and played against his brother at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.