Sam Greller

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Samuel Joseph Greller (May 18, 1905 – March 17, 1972) was an American water polo player and swimmer who competed for the Illinois Athletic Club and participated in water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. He later coached swimming and water polo for the Illinois Athletic Club beginning in 1948, and was a manager for the U.S. water polo team at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Greller was born May 18, 1905, in Chicago Illinois, and began swimming by the age of six, winning a city-wide championship in grade school. Among the clubs he swam for included the Jewish People's Institute (JPI) which he represented by 1922, and for which he also coached. Greller in his youth attempted a few open water, long distance swims but soon confined his swimming competition to indoor pools. He later represented the Illinois Athletic Club where he competed by 1924 and likely received coaching from Head swimming and water polo Coach Bill Bachrach. He attended Crane High School in Chicago.

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1. date of birth: 1905-05-18 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of death: 1972-03-17 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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