James Ferguson
Personal information
BornApril 27, 1949 (1949-04-27) (age 74)
Kokomo, Indiana, U.S.
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team competition

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

References

  1. ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_water_polo_champs_records/2013-14/champs.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "James M Ferguson (1984)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Pac-12 Networks unveils all-century men's water polo team | Pac-12".

External links


United States men's water polo squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
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