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Bill Vosburgh - 2021 Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame

Bill Vosburgh

  • Class
  • Induction
    2021
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Swimming & Diving

Bill Vosburgh, Swimming • 1911-13

Bill Vosburgh led Illinois to the first three Big Ten swimming team championships, while winning 10 individual conference event titles and two relay titles. He was captain of the team as a senior. Vosburgh won four individual titles as a junior in the 40, 100, 220 and 440-yards. Vosburgh competed on the water polo team at the 1920 Antwerp Olympic games and was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 1981. He competed for the AAU Senior National Championship Water Polo team seven times in 1914, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21 and 23. His relay team won the 400-meter national championship in 1914, 15 and 16. He died in 1953 at the age of 62.

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