1908, London: The winning team of Great Britain.

The team of Great Britain winner at London 1908 Olympic Games. Along with the team, is standing in the middle, George W Hearn, President of the Amateur Swimming Association and first Honorary Secretary/Treasurer of FINA (founded on 19 Luly 1908 on the occasion of the London Olympics). The British players: George Cornet, Charles Forsyth, George Nevinson, Paul Radmilovic, Charles Smith, Tom Thould, George Wilkinson.

Source: courtesy of Mr. Mike G.Coles

1931, Paris: The National team of France

The National Water Polo team of France that took part at the 1931 European Championships held in Paris from 23–30 August.

Source: Bibliothèque Nationale de France http://www.bnf.fr/

1929: The team of “Les Mouettes” of Paris

The women’s Water Polo Team of Paris “Les Mouettes” (Paris Seagulls) prior to a match played against “London Ladies” on September 11^th 1929 at Croydon Baths (South London). Among the players of the team features, with the ball, Marie Braun (Netherlands), Olympic and European Swimming Champion in the 1920's.

Source: http://len.eu/ , (Photo: Swimming Times)

1952, Helsinki: Hungary vs. Yugoslavia 2-2

Rare footage from the game of Hungary vs. Yugoslavia (2-2) for the Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games (31^st July 1952). Hungary: Róbert Antal, Antal Bolvári, Dezső Fábián, Dezső Gyarmati, István Hasznos, László Jeney, György Kárpáti, Dezső Lemhényi, Kálmán Markovits, Miklós Martin, Károly Szittya, István Szivós, György Vizvári. Yugoslavia: Juraj Amšel, Veljko Bakašun, Marko Brainović, Vladimir Ivković, Zdravko Ježić, Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić, Ivo Kurtini, Lovro Radonjić , Dragoslav D. Šiljak, Ivo Štakula, Boško Vuksanović.

Source: ISHOF archives