Water Polo legends

The team of Weston-super-Mare finalists of the English Chmapionship in 1905 Source: private collection 

The team of Toulon in the harbor of Toulon, South France in the 1950's Source: private collection 

The team of Redondo Champions of Southern California in 1908. Top row L-R: L.Hammel, Ed Lachmer, H.M.Hodge, A.W.Watson. Center: George...

The team of Young Men's Christian Asociation (YMCA) Champions of Southern California in 1910. Standing L-R: E.Peckham, C.K.Steele,...

Water Polo match in the river Douro, under the bridge Luis I, between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, in the 1920's.  Sou...

The team of Dewsbury Amateur Swimming Club, winners of Wakefield and District Water Polo League in 1923.  Source: http://www.kirkleesim...

Water Polo match in the Blackpool South Shore Open Air Baths in 1923.  In the backround we note the famous Blackpool Tower built in 189...

Water Polo match during the finals of 1920 French Championship in Mezin a town of Lot-et-Garonne in Southwester France. The team "L...

The US team silver medalist at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games, coached by the legendary Monte Nitzkowski. The team : Craig Wilson, Kevin ...

A chromo trading card adrvertising Erdal Kwak, Germany 1932. Source: private collection 

The team of "Enfants de Neptune de Tourcoing" winner of the Cup in France in 1920.  Source : private collection

The team of Montpellier winner of the 1910 Languedoc Championship in France. Source: private collection  

Water Polo match in the " promenade des Anglais " Nice, France in 1919.  Source: private collection 

The team of Italy bronze medal at Cali 1975 2nd World Championships. Standing L-R: Gigi Raspini, Gianni Lonzi (Coach), Roldano Simeon...

The Cup given to the Champion of California, USA "Lurnine" in 1897.  Source: private collection 

The team of Lurnine Champion of California, USA in 1897 with the Cup.  Source: Newspaper "San Francisco Call" of 14 December...

The team of Dynamo Moscow winner of the 1984 USSR Championship. Standing L-R: H.Chykvanaya (coach) D.Apanasenko, M. Ivanov (Captain), D....

Baron Pierre De Coubertin, father of modern Olympic Games, was saying that “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning ...

Action during a friendly game between France and Hungary (3-6), held at the pool of Paris “Les Tourelles” just before the Amsterdam 192...

The Brighton Swimming Club's Senior Water Polo team winner of the 1906 Sussex Championship. Brighton SC won also the 1894, 1895, 190...

A group of a Dutch Water Polo players in 1912.  Source: http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/

Water Polo game during the year festival of the "Haagsche Swimming and Polo club" in the pool of Hague, Netherlands in 1912.  ...

The Dutch team during the presentation of the 1957 Trofeo Italia held in Zagreb. Source: archives of the Royal Dutch Swimming Federatio...

The team of Netherlands, 5th in Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games,  at their departure for the Games. The  team: Max van Gelder, Gerrit Bijsma,...

Caricature of the Dutch National Water Polo team winner of the prestigious "Trofeo Italia" held in 1949 in Genova, Italy. Sou...

The team of Nederlands, winner of gold medal at Vienna, 1950 European Championships along with the Dutch National swimmers prior to de...

The Women's Water Polo team of Magyar Úszó Egylet (MUE), Budapest in 1922. Source : www.huszadikszazad.hu/

The team of Ferencvárosi Torna Klub (FTC) of Budapest in 1938  Source: www.huszadikszazad.hu/

The team of Ferencvárosi Torna Klub (FTC) of Budapest in 1941 : Török, Molnár, Tátos, Németh, Hohl, Karinthy, Bródy.  Source: www.huszad...

The team of Pro Recco wins its 14th National Championship in Italy in 1974. The team: Bianconi, Cattino, Pizzo, Zecchin, Galbusera, Sassa...

The team of Ethnicos Piraeus winner of the 1974 Greek National Championship. The team: Dimitris Kougevetopoulos, Michalis Armenakis, ...

The team of Netherlands coached by Ivo Trumbic , bronze winner at Montreal 1976 Olympic Games. The Dutch team : Alex Boegschoten, Toni B...

The team of Hungary gold winner at Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games. Back row: Homonnay, Brody, Nemeth, Ivady, Komjadi (Coach). Front row:...

The team of Yugoslavia 5th at Montreal 1976 Olympic Games , coached by Vlaho "Bata" Orlic. Standing L-R: Dejan Dabovic, Uros M...

The 6 th edition of Italian Men’s Water Polo Championship in 1906 ( not recognized by the Italian Federation, FIN since the 1 st offi...

Painting by the unknown folk artist in Sevastopol, USSR in the 1950's

Unique document - The Swedish Water Polo players who played in the exhibition game at Middle Olympiad in Athens in 1906 with Piraeus in...

The silver medal won by the team of Yugoslavia at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games.The Team: Milan Muškatirović, Karlo Stipanić, Ivo Trumbić...

The winners at London 1948 Olympic Games: Italy, Hungary and Holland.  Source: Picture extracted from IOC's archive and rare footage...

Water Polo competition at London 1908, Olympic Games. To note in the background of Water Polo field, scenes of the Cycling competition he...