James Ferguson (water polo)
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Born | April 27, 1949 Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. | (age 75)
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James Michael "Jim" Ferguson (born April 27, 1949) is a retired water polo player from the United States. He played on UCLA's team from 1968 to 1970 which included the undefeated 1969 team[1] in which he received All-American honors. He was born in Kokomo, Indiana.
In the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, Ferguson was co-captain of the USA Team that won a bronze medal. In 1973 Ferguson was selected to the All World Team. An outstanding competitor, Ferguson was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 1984,[2][3] to the International Water Polo Hall of Fame in 1992, and was inducted into UCLA's Athletic Hall of Fame[4] in October 2007. In October 2015, Ferguson was named to the Pac-12 All Century Team[5] as a Driver/Attacker along with one other UCLA player.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_water_polo_champs_records/2013-14/champs.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "James M Ferguson (1984)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "UCLA Hall of Fame to Add Eight New Members - UCLA Bruins Official Athletic Site | UCLABruins.com". Archived from the original on 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
- ^ "Pac-12 Networks unveils all-century men's water polo team". Archived from the original on March 23, 2016.
External links
[edit]- James Ferguson at World Aquatics
- James Ferguson at the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame
- James Ferguson at Olympics.com
- James Ferguson at Olympedia
- 1949 births
- Living people
- American male water polo players
- Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in water polo
- Sportspeople from Kokomo, Indiana
- UCLA Bruins men's water polo players
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in water polo
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in water polo
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in water polo
- Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Water polo players at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Water polo players at the 1975 Pan American Games
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American water polo Olympic medalist stubs