Robert Horn (water polo)
As UCLA Coach in 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Biographical details | ||||||||||||
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| Born | November 3, 1931 Minneapolis, Minnesota | |||||||||||
| Died | January 11, 2019 (aged 87) Manhattan Beach, California | |||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Fullerton College Long Beach State, B.A. M.A. | |||||||||||
| Playing career | ||||||||||||
| 1950–52 1957–58 | Fullerton College Long Beach State | |||||||||||
| Positions | Swimming, Water Polo | |||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||||||||
| 1959–1965 | Cal State Long Beach Head Swim and W. P. Coach | |||||||||||
| 1964–1990 | UCLA Bruins W.P. Coach | |||||||||||
| UCLA Bruins Swim Coach | 1963-1974 | |||||||||||
| 1968, 1972 | U.S. Olympic Water Polo Teams Coaching staff | |||||||||||
| Head coaching record | ||||||||||||
| Overall | 487–188–8 | |||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | ||||||||||||
| Championships | ||||||||||||
| 3 NCAA Water Polo Championships 7 PAC-8 League Championships (UCLA) | ||||||||||||
| Awards | ||||||||||||
| 1965– NCAA Water Polo Coach of the Year 1972 – NCAA Swimming Coach of the Year. '76 U.S. Water Polo Hall of Fame '99 UCLA Hall of Fame '88 Long Beach State College Hall of Fame Fullerton Community College Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||
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Robert "Bob" Martin Horn (November 3, 1931 – January 11, 2019) was a collegiate swimmer and Water Polo Player for Fullerton College and Long Beach State, who as the first full-time UCLA swimming and Water Polo Coach from around 1964–1991 led the Bruins to 3 NCAA Water Polo Championships in 1969, 1970–72, and 7 Water Polo PAC-8 league championships from 1964 to 1971. Horn coached the UCLA Men's swimming team from 1963-74, and then coached the Water Polo team exclusively. He represented the United States in Water Polo as an outstanding goalie in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Horn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 3, 1931. Around 1935, he moved with his mother and older brother to Whittier, California. He attended Whittier High School, known as Whittier Union High School when he attended, and as a sophomore competed with their water polo team. Graduating Whittier in June 1949, he played in the Orchestra as a violinist. He competed with the Whittier Swim Club water polo team when they won the 1950 National AAU Water Polo Championships. During his High School years, Horn played Water Polo from 1947 to 1949. A nationally recognized program, the Whittier Swim club water polo team won the 1949 and 1950 AAU National Championships and the 1951 team was a runner-up.