Joseph Ruddy
Joseph Ruddy was born on September 28, 1878. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Joseph Ruddy
Joseph Aloysius Ruddy Sr. (September 28, 1878 – November 11, 1962) was an American competition swimmer, water polo player and Coach who competed for the New York Athletic Club and represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. He spent the 1930's coaching swimming at the New York Athletic Club. Ruddy was born on September 28, 1878, in New York City to Thomas and Catherine Ruddy. He competed in American Athletic Union Tournaments in handicap races including distances of 300 and 880 yards while representing the De la Salle Athletic Club in the late 1880s. While representing the Knickerbocker Athletic Club at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club Fall Carnival in Bayonne, New Jersey in early September 1900, he won the 75-yard handicap race by five seconds with a time of 1:21.8.