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| Born | April 27, 1949 (age 76) Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. |
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James Michael "Jim" Ferguson (born April 27, 1949) is a retired water polo player from the United States. He played on UCLA's team from 1968 to 1970 which included the undefeated 1969 team [1] in which he received All-American honors. He was born in Kokomo, Indiana.
In the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, Ferguson was co-captain of the USA Team that won a bronze medal. In 1973 Ferguson was selected to the All World Team. An outstanding competitor, Ferguson was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 1984, [2] [3] to the International Water Polo Hall of Fame in 1992, and was inducted into UCLA's Athletic Hall of Fame [4] in October 2007. In October 2015, Ferguson was named to the Pac-12 All Century Team [5] as a Driver/Attacker along with one other UCLA player.
Water polo in the Olympic Games by James Smith and edited by Eric L. Larson, see page 53 for "Goal Scorers", copy right 1984.