Water Polo legends

The International players of   Wigan Swimming Club , Greater Manchester, England in 1902:   J. Critchley, G.Nevinson (Olympic winner,...

The team of Isfahan city, Champion of Iran in 1977. The team: Fereydoun Jalili, Shariat, Yaghoti, Bahram Tavakoli, Hosein Tavakoli, Kha...

The National team of Iran in 1978. The players: Fereydoun Jalili, Mohazeb, Movahedi, Shariat, Reza Jalili (Coach),   Eskandari, Yarag...

The team of Teheran City Champions of Iran in 1955. The team: Amini, Tavakoli, Peydayesh, Mohammadi, Sabaghiyan, Sarshar, Jafarbay, Ab...

The team of Ethnicos Piraeus in the lake of Vouliagmeni in 1956. Standing 3rd from left the legendary Andreas Garyfallos, known as the Pa...

The Junior National team of USSR, winner at the 1985 World Junior Championship held in Turkey. Standing L-R: Zhukovsky, Tozhdestvenskei...

The National Junior team of USSR in 1973. Source: courtesy Michail Ivanov

The team of Dynamo Moscow in 1980 Standing L-R: Grishin, Georgy Mshvenieradze, l. Borodejčuk, Vic Burchuladze, Michail Ivanov, Vlad Sido...

Action during the final game between Hungary (blue) and USSR (5-2) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming pool, 1964 Olympic Games. ...

Action during the game between Yugoslavia and Netherlands (7-2) in Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games. S ource: OLYMPIA 1964, Herbart Meisel a...

The team of Club Natacion Barcelona coached by Augustin Mestres winner of the Spanish Championshio in 1964. It was the 52nd title in a ro...

The team of Penarth, Champions of Wales in 1921. The players: W. Street, A.Hurdidge, T. Parsons, Chris Jones, G. Taylor, S.Kingston, J....

The team of Rari Nantes Roma winner of the 4th Italian Championship held in 17th September 1905 at the Acque Albule of Rome. The team...

The team of Ireland that took part in Paris 1924 Olympic Games: Charles Barrett, James Beckett, James Brady, John Convery, Charles Fagan...

View of the " Stade Nautique d'Antwerp " during the game of Great Britain Vs. USA (7-2) in Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games. T...

Action during the final game in Torino 1954 European Championships between Hungary and Yugoslavia.  This is a trading card for the ...

The team of Hungary gold winner in Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games. The team: Barta István, Bródy György, Halassy Olivér, Homonnai Márt...

The team of Hungary winner of gold medal in Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games. The team coached by Béla Rajki:  Bolvári Antal, Boros Ottó, G...

Action during Berlin 1936 Olympic Games in the full house competition pool. Source: private collection 

The team if Cercle Royal de Natation de Spa, Belgium in 1930 Source: private collection

Match in the river Seine organized by the Sporting Club Choisy-Le-Roi, Paris in 1921 . Source: personal collection

The Inland Nu Pike Water Polo Club, All American USA Water Polo Champions in 1963. The team: Monte Nitzowski, Bob Horn, Ken Lindgren, S...

"Water Polo for Ladies (1930)" Filmed at Stoke Newington, London. Mere man's one-time exclusive water sport is now being d...

The National team of Greece at the 1st Mediterranean Games held in Alexandria, Egypt on 1951. The Greek won bronze medal following Spain...

The team of Ethnicos Piraeus winner of the 1953 Greek National Championship. Chatzikyriakakis, Lekakis, Kalfamanolis, Takousis, Georgiad...

Water Polo game in the Deutsches Stadion in Berlin in 1920. The 100m length pool was adjacent to the Stadium built to host the 1916 Oly...

The team of Soviet Union, bronze winner in Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games. Top row L-R: Eduard Egorov, Head coach, Andrei Yulevich Kistyakov...

The team of Lerici Sport, Italy in 1929.   From  L-R: Aste, Faridone, Monguidi, Tedeschi, Bibolini, Calloni, Bertella, Spagnol (Preside...

The team of Rari Nantes Camogli, Champion of Italy in 1953. The team coached by Cesare Rubini: Cavazzoni, Simeoni, Runbini, Cristiani I,...

The National Teams of Israel and Greece at the Zappeion Pool of Athens in 1963. Standing L-R : Gabi Winkler, Itzhak Lerrer,  Dr. Micha K...

The National Team of Israel prior to the friendly game against Greece in Athens in 1963. Standing L-R: Reuven Shefa, Benny Margalit, Y...

A record number of 2,600 spectators watched the third and decisive final game of the 1993 German championships when the local heroes of ...

The team of Uruguay that participated at Berlin 1936 Olympics Games : Enrique Pereira, Julio César Costemalle, Maximo García, Francisco...

The team of Verbroedering Door Broederschap" Gent, Belgium renamed as "Vrije Zwemmers Gent" in 1937. Source: http://ww...

The team of “Verbroedering Door Broederschap" Gent, Belgium in 1924. Source: http://www.lucmaes.net/vroeger.html

"In the Swimming Tank" Cover of the Magazine Frank Merriwell's Pupils or The School for Athletic Development. Source:  ...

The team of Ethnicos Piraeus, Greec e in 1933. Source: courtesy of Takis Kalokairinos 

The team of USSR, bronze winner at Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games: B. Goikman, M. Ryzhak, I. Chliapine, V. Prokopov, V. Agueev, V. Kourenno...

The team of Sussex, winner of the Juniors Championiship in England in 1909. Source: private collection 

The pioneers team of Rari Nates Camogli that played against “ Ruentes di Rapallo ” in August 1914 the first Water Polo game ever played...