The National team of Austria who played in Barcelona
International tournament in 1922. From L-R: Mani, Vorel, Brociner, Raffoy,
Doorak, Dr.Meisel, Dt. Otto Sherf
Source: La Jornada Deportiva 13/10/1922
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Friday, June 2, 2017
Paolo De Crescenzo (Naples, 1950 - June 2, 2017) was
an Italian Water Polo player and Coach. Paolo grew up in Canottieri Napoli
under the leadership of Friz Dennerlein. He started in the first team in 1965,
beginning his militancy in that group that dominated Italy's water polo in the
70s winning 4 Italian Championships and the 1977 European Champions Cup. In
1983 he became Head Coach of Posillipo Napoli and immediately won the sympathy
of the environment. The coaching carrier of De Crescenzo from that point had an
exponential rise: 9 Italian Championships, 2 Italian Cups, 2 European Cups and
above all 2 European Champion Cup as well one European Super cup made him one
of the most titled coaches of the Italian and European Water Polo. In the
2003-05 season he also led the National team to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games
before returning for another two years to his beloved Posillipo, then retiring
in 2007. In the summer of 2013 he returned to lead the A1 team Acquachiara,
Napoli to its first European Participation.