Austin Clapp

Austin Rhone Clapp was an American competition swimmer and water polo player who competed for Stanford University and represented the United States at both the 1928 Summer Olympics winning a gold medal in the men's 4x200 meter freestyle relay and at the 1932 Summer Olympics where he won a team bronze medal in water polo. After graduating Law School at the UC Berkeley School of Law in 1936, he worked 34 years as an Attorney for the firm of Goldstein, Barceloux, and Goldstein in San Francisco. Remaining active in the water polo community, he coached the U.S. team at the 1948 London Olympics, and served as a collegiate and Amateur Athletic Union water polo coach from 1946-1950.