Water Polo legends

Article by Tony Bijkerk about the Women’s Water Polo exhibition match held during the Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games, (cont.): I found anothe...

Article by Tony Bijkerk about the Women’s Water Polo exhibition match held during the Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games : At the first page of t...

A poster for the historical "Horthy Cup" - held at Doetinchem, Netherlands in 1939. The final standing: Hungary, Germany, It...

The National Water Polo team of Ireland in 1896. Back L-R: R.R.Faussett (Dublin), J.Cotter (Belfast), J.Carmichael (Belfast), G.Miller ...

The team of Olympiacos Piraeus, winner of the Greek National Championship in 1971 coached by the legendary Ivo Trumbic, Olympic winner...

The team of CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria in 1982. Standing L-R: Vasil Tomov, Matey Popov, Asen Denchev, Andrey Sushkov, Georgui Gospodinov, Geor...

The legendry Hungarians György Kárpáti, Miklós Ambrus, Mihály Mayer and László Felkai celebrating with the prestigious   “Trofeo Italia”...

The National team of Hungary winner of the International tournament “Trofeo Italia” held in 1965 in Budapest:  Pócsik Dénes, Konrád Fere...

The team of Ethnicos Piraeus winner of the 1953 Greek National Championship. Standing L-R: Chatzikyriakakis, Lekakis, Barbieri (Italian...

The team of Olympiacos of Piraeus winner of the 1952 Greek National Championship. Standing L-R: Telionis, Monastiriotis, Alexiou, Asima...

The team of Olympiacos Piraeus Champions of Greece in 1951. The team of Olympiacos coached by Christos Svolopoulos (standing, second fro...

The Water Polo match was played at the Bath Club, Dover Street, on Friday June 21, 1901 , and was attended by many old University athlete...

The team of Olympiacos   Piraeus winner of the 1947 Greek National Championship. Olympiacos up to this moment had won the National title...

The team of "Gymnasticos Syllogos Hiraklis", Thessalonikis, Greece, in 1948. Standing at the  left is Constandinos Karamanlis ...

The team of Great Britain winner at London 1908 Olympic Games. Along with the team, is standing in the middle, George W Hearn , Presiden...

The National Water Polo team of France that took part at the 1931 European Championships held in Paris from 23–30 August. Source: Bib...

The women’s Water Polo Team of Paris “Les Mouettes” (Paris Seagulls) prior to a match played against “London Ladies” on September 11 th...

Rare footage from the game of Hungary vs. Yugoslavia (2-2) for the Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games (31 st July 1952). Hungary: Róber...

The team of Galatasaray, Istanbul in 1931: Mehdi Agaoglu, Nevin Hassan, Kemal Özbek, Suat Erler, Ibrahim Göktalay, Bekir Macur, Orhan Sa...

The Junior team of Galatasaray, Istanbul with coach Yilmaz Ozuak in 1974.  Source: courtesy of Murat Özüak

The National team of Ireland that lost the match against the Welsh National team in 1900. Source: Black and White Budget; Sept. 1, 1900...

The National team of Wales winner of the Ireland vs. Wales match in 1900. Source: Black and White Budget; Sept. 1, 1900

The National Team of Brazil winner of gold medal at the pan-American Games in 1963. Standing L-R: Claudino Cayado de Castro (Coach), Pau...

The National teams of Greece and Israel, during a friendly game in August 1959. Among the Greek players: Bistis, Kourandis, Tinios, Mark...

The team of Canottieri Napoli in 1982: Fritz Denneirlen (Coach), Enzo D'Angelo, Massimo De Crescenzo, Guido Baldazzi, Alessandro Ava...

The team of Hyde Seals Swimming Club, Champions of England in 1903. The team won also the Water Polo leagues at the Cheshire County and ...

The team of Patras Nautical Club in 1986 . Standing L-R: Anastasopoulos, Georgiou, Sarakinis,Kouretas,  Moiralis, Prapopoulos (President)...

The Juniors team of Patras Nautical Club coached by Milo Lusic. Standing L-R: Milo Lusic (Coach), Petroutsos, Paparodopoulos, Vasilio...

A “Topical Budget” newsreel shot in the Surrey Commercial Docks in 1925. Dockworkers, their families and their friends assisting ...

The Juniors of Rari Nantes Napoli in 1963. Standing L-R:  Wirz, Caiazzo, Rastreli,  Luigi Chiosi  , D'Isanto, Donadio.   Squatting L-...

The National Juniors team of Italy in 1965 with the legendary Coach Mario Majoni : Giancarlo Baccini, Mimmo Mastrogiovanni, Alessandro A...

The legendary coach Nicola Stamenic leads Yugoslavia to winning its first (and last....) European Championship title in Athens, August ...

The team of Rari Nantes Salerno in 1979 at the pool of Napoli "Mostra d' oltremare".   Roberto Agostino, Antonio D'Ann...

The team of "Sisport FIAT Ricambi" of Torino in 1970. Standing L-R: Sante Marsili, Drago, Bertello, Mattia Aversa, Telemaco Ma...

The National team of Italy  in the mountain of San Candido (Bolzano) in 1971 . From L-R: Mario Majoni (Coach), Enzo D'Angelo, Mattia...

Blood in the pool. Hungary vs. USSR at Melbourne 1956 Olympics. “ It should be clear that we never had any ill feelings toward the ...

The team of Chiavari Nuoto in 1978. Franco Lavoratori (coach), Grande Franchino, Luciano Pozzo, Franco Labò, Gianfranco "Tappo"...

The team of Chiavari Nuoto in 1980 . Enzo Barlocco (Coach), Mario Arienti, Alfredo Cupido, Paino Spinetta, Alessandro Macchiavello, Dan...

"Water Polo for Ladies” - Filmed at Stoke Newington, London in 1930 . "Mere man's one-time exclusive water spor...

The team of Korcula Plivacki Klub winner of the European Cup for National Cup winners in 1979 with coach Duško Antunović. Source: ...