Raymond Maurice Ruddy (August 31, 1911 – December 4, 1938) was an American competition

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who represented the United States as a 16-year-old at the

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in Amsterdam, Netherlands.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Ray Ruddy
Retrieved March 23, 2013. He competed in the men's 400-meter freestyle, and placed sixth in event final with a time of 5:25.0. He also finished fourth overall in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle in a time of 21:05.0. Ruddy was born in

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, the son of 1904 Olympic swimmer Joe Ruddy. He attended

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in New York, where he was a member of the

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swimming and diving team in

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(NCAA) competition. He won the 1930 NCAA national championships in the 440-yard freestyle with a time of 4:55.6. At the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

in Berlin, Germany, he was a member of the ninth-place U.S. water polo team. Ruddy died as a result of brain injuries sustained in an accident fall in 1938; he was 27 years old. In 1977, he was inducted into the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruddy, Ray 1911 births 1938 deaths American male freestyle swimmers American male water polo players Columbia Lions men's swimmers Olympic swimmers of the United States Olympic water polo players of the United States Sportspeople from New York City Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Accidental deaths from falls Deaths from head injury

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