Ray Ruddy

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Ray Ruddy

| image = Buster Crabbe, George Kojac, Ray Ruddy, Johnny Weissmuller 1928.jpg

| image_size = 240

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| caption =Buster Crabbe, George Kojac, Ray Ruddy and Johnny Weissmuller in 1928

| fullname = Raymond Maurice Ruddy

| nicknames = "Ray"

| national_team = {{USA}}

| strokes = Freestyle, water polo

| club = New York Athletic Club

| collegeteam = Columbia University

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|8|31|mf=y}}

| birth_place = New York, New York

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|12|4|1911|8|31|mf=y}}

| death_place = New York, New York

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Raymond Maurice Ruddy (August 31, 1911 – December 4, 1938) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States as a 16-year-old at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002807/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/ray-ruddy-1.html Ray Ruddy]. Retrieved March 23, 2013. He competed in the men's 400-meter freestyle, and placed sixth in event final with a time of 5:25.0.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417071901/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/SWI/mens-400-metres-freestyle-final.html Men's 400 metres Freestyle Final]. Retrieved March 23, 2013. He also finished fourth overall in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle in a time of 21:05.0.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417071901/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/SWI/mens-400-metres-freestyle-final.html Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Final]. Retrieved March 23, 2013.

Ruddy was born in New York City, the son of 1904 Olympic swimmer Joe Ruddy.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052457/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/joe-ruddy-1.html Joe Ruddy]. Retrieved March 23, 2013. He attended Columbia University in New York, where he was a member of the Columbia Lions swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. He won the 1930 NCAA national championships in the 440-yard freestyle with a time of 4:55.6.HickokSports.com, Sports History, [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/ncaamswim.shtml NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Champions] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020223021412/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/ncaamswim.shtml |date=2002-02-23 }}. Retrieved March 23, 2013.

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he was a member of the ninth-place U.S. water polo team.

Ruddy died as a result of brain injuries sustained in an accident fall in 1938; he was 27 years old."[https://www.nytimes.com/1938/12/05/archives/ray-ruddy-olympic-swim-star-killed-by-plunge-down-a-flight-of.html Ray Ruddy, Olympic Swim Star, Killed By Plunge Down a Flight of Stairs]," The New York Times (December 5, 1938). Retrieved March 28, 2013.

In 1977, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=Ray Ruddy (1977) |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/hof.aspx?hof=106 |website=usawaterpolo.org |publisher=USA Water Polo |access-date=18 September 2020 }}{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/sports/2018/11/28/trads-hof-inductees-html.aspx |website=usawaterpolo.org |publisher=USA Water Polo |access-date=18 September 2020 }}