George Van Cleaf
American swimmer and water polo player · United States · On the map · Athletes · Lived 1879 to 1905 · aged 25
George W. Van Cleaf was an American water polo player and swimmer who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, winning a team gold medal in the water polo competition.
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An accomplished member of the New York Athletic Club, and national champion in the one-mile swim in 1900, Van Cleaf died of typhoid in January 1905 from swimming in the contaminated water in the man-made pool at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics.
