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Following a long illness, Bob Horn<\/strong>, men\u2019s swim and water polo coach for UCLA, and Olympic water polo athlete and coach for the U.S., has passed away at the age of 87.<\/p>\n

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Bob Horn at Fullerton. Photo Courtesy: UCLA Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Horn made his mark in aquatics out west, first as a member of the Fullerton College swim and water polo teams in 1950 – 51, and\u2014following a stint as an Olympian in 1956\u2014as an All-American for the Long Beach State water polo team in 1957-58. As an athlete, Horn was considered to be the best goalie in US Water Polo history. He was a member of six US National\u00a0championships teams, captain of the 1955 Pan American Games team, captain of the 1956 Olympic squad and a member of the 1960 team that captured bronze at the Rome Games.<\/p>\n

Speaking<\/a> with Water Polo Planet\u2019s Rich Foster<\/strong> in 2014, Horn recounted his impressions of what is known as the greatest water polo\u00a0match\u00a0ever played: the \u201cBlood in the Water\u201d<\/a>\u00a0semifinal\u00a0between Hungary and the Soviet Union at the Melbourne Olympics.<\/p>\n

Tensions were high. The Hungarians were in the midst of a revolution over the Soviet Union\u2019s control of Hungary, so there was heightened significance to their game in Melbourne. I was right there and saw a lot of punching and kicking in the game.\u00a0The Hungarians were taunting the Russian players.\u00a0 The sell-out crowd was very pro-Hungary.\u00a0It was clear that the two teams hated each other.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

After the Hungarians got a four goal lead, the Russians were frustrated.\u00a0With a minute or so left in the game, a Russian player punched Hungarian, Ervin Zador<\/strong>, in the head.\u00a0As Zador left the pool, the right side of his face was dripping a lot of blood and the blood streamed down his chest. <\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hungarians in the crowd went crazy, jumping on the pool deck, yelling and spitting on the Russians. The scene was so dangerous, that the officials called off the rest of the game, giving Hungary the win.<\/em><\/p>\n

But it\u2019s Horn\u2019s tenure as UCLA’s first full-time aquatics coach, beginning in 1965, that is the most noteworthy accomplishment of his long association with swimming and water polo. He began his coaching career as a swimming and water polo coach in 1959 at Cal State Long Beach, then joined UCLA in 1965 as the school\u2019s first full-time aquatics coach.<\/p>\n

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Bob Horn at UCLA. Photo Courtesy: UCLA Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

In a prolific 28-year career as a water polo coach at UCLA, he guided the Bruins to three NCAA water polo titles\u2014including the first official NCAA sanctioned championship<\/a> in 1969\u2014four runner-up awards and seven third-place finishes. UCLA won 13 league titles with Horn, and his 1988 team captured the Club National Championship, marking the first time a team made up entirely of collegians won the Club National Title.<\/p>\n

Horn tutored 36 first-team All-Americans and nine Olympians. He guided the Bruins to 50 straight victories over one five year period (1964-68) and coached four undefeated squads. He retired with an overall record of 487-188-8 and a league record of 102-62.<\/p>\n

At the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, he coached 6 of the 11 members of the team that captured a\u00a0bronze medal. In the swimming pool in Munich his swimmers won three gold medals:\u00a0Mike Burton<\/strong> in the 1,500 Free,\u00a0Tom Bruce<\/strong> in the medley relay and\u00a0Steve Genter<\/strong>, a member of the 4 x 200 relay, plus individual silver medals in the 200 and 400m freestyle.<\/p>\n

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A man of many moods. Photo Courtesy: Richard Foster<\/p><\/div>\n

A swimming coach\u00a0in an era when Doc\u00a0Councilman’s<\/strong>\u00a0Indiana Hoosiers and Peter Daland’s<\/strong>\u00a0USC Trojans ruled the college waters, Horn\u2019s UCLA Bruins finished top three in the NCAA Swimming Championships in 1970 and 1971 and in 1973 he was voted Coach of the Year by the CSCAA.\u00a0He stepped aside as swimming coach to focus on water polo after the 1974 season to make way for the hiring of George Haines<\/strong>. All totaled, 14 of Bob’s swimmers and water polo players won 17 Olympic medals.<\/p>\n

In 1973, at a time when UCLA did not have a woman’s swim program, Bob broke UCLA’s sex barrier when he allowed female diver Susie Kincade<\/strong> to join and compete for the UCLA Men’s swimming and diving team.<\/p>\n

Horn is also remembered for teaching legendary actor Burt Lancaster<\/strong> how to swim so that he could\u00a0take the role of Ned Merrill in the John Cheever’s<\/strong> class film, The Swimmer<\/em>. After the filming, Horn and Lancaster became life-long friends, and he convinced the Oscar winner to appear in and narrate a training film for US Water Polo.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see an interview with Horn’s about his role in the film.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see Burt Lancaster and Bob horn in the 1965 US water polo film.<\/p>\n

Details of services and additional information will be forthcoming as available.<\/p>\n

Obituary provided by Bruce Wigo with minor additions from Swimming World<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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