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{{short description|American water polo player (1928–1990)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image = BurnsMarvinWaterPolo.png
| imagesize =
| caption = Burns at 22 in 1960
| nationality =
| sport = [[Water polo]]<br>Center Forward
|disability =
|disability_class =
| event =
| club = Whittier Swim Club Polo Team<br>Lynwood Swim Club
| collegeteam=[[Fullerton Junior College]]<br>[[University of Southern California at Los Angeles|UCLA]]
| coach = [[James R. Smith]]<br>(Fullerton)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|7|6}}
| birth_place = [[Santa Ana, California]], United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|6|24|1928|7|6}}
| death_place = [[Fullerton, California]]
| retired=
| height = 193 cm
| weight = 93 kg
| pb =
| medaltemplates =
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1955 Pan American Games|1955 Mexico City]]|[[Water polo at the 1955 Pan American Games|Men's tournament]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1951 Pan American Games|1951 Buenos Aires]]|[[Water polo at the 1951 Pan American Games|Men's tournament]]}}
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'''Marvin Duane "Ace" Burns''' (July 6, 1928 – June 24, 1990) was an American [[water polo]] player who competed for [[Fullerton Junior College]], the [[University of Southern California]] and the Whittier Swim Club Polo Team, and played for the U.S. in both the [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] Helsinki Olympics and the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in Rome.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Marvin Burns |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54900 |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref>

==Education and water polo==
Burns was born in [[Santa Ana, California]] on July 6, 1928, and attended [[Fullerton High School]].<ref name=obit/> He swam and played water polo for the Fullerton Junior College Hornets where he was managed by Hall of Fame Coach [[James R. Smith|James R. "Jimmy" Smith]].<ref name=Whittier>"Whittier Kings of Water Polo Eye Pan Games", ''The Los Angeles Times'', Los Angeles, California, 17 September 1950, pg. 65</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Marvin Duane BURNS |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/marvin-duane-burns |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=olympics.com}}</ref><ref name=Olympedia>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54900|title=Olympedia, Olympic Bio, Marvin Burns|access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref> He also played for the Whittier Swim Club Water Polo Team which won the National AAU Water Polo Championship in a 4–1 overtime match in August 1949, with Burns scoring a critical goal while playing Center Forward.<ref>"Winners Pocket Title with 4-1 Victory", ''South Gate Daily Press-Tribune'', South Gate, California, 15 August 1949, pg. 5</ref> In 1947, while playing for Fullerton Junior College, Burns was named first string Center Forward on the All Southern California team, and scored 25 goals in the season.<ref>Daniel, John, ''The Press Box'', ''Anaheim Bulletin'', Anaheim, California, 4 December 1947, pg. 8</ref><ref>"Sports Horizon", ''The Whittier News, Sports'', Whittier, California, 24 December 1947, pg. 11</ref> For the 1947–48, school year, he ran for Fullerton Junior College treasurer.<ref>"Fullerton College Electing Officers", ''The Register'', Santa Ana, California, 4 June 1947, pg. 6</ref><ref name=swam>Burns also swam for Fullerton in "Bear Aquatic Team Nips Foe", ''The San Francisco Examiner'', San Francisco, California, 9 March 1947, pg. 27</ref>

After Fullerton, Burns played water polo for the [[University of Southern California]] Trojans, where he was twice named an All-American. He graduated with a B.A. in 1952, and later completed a Doctorate in Dentistry in 1960.<ref name=obit/><ref name=Olympedia/><ref name=obit2>"Obituary, Burns, Dr. Martin "Ace"", ''The Los Angeles Times'', Los Angeles, California, 27 June 1990, pg. 187</ref>

By 1950, Burns continued to play for the Whittier Swim Club polo team, which was at times referred to as the Whittier-Fullerton swim club and was coached by Heber Halloway.<ref name=Whittier/>

==Olympic competition==
Burns was a member of the American water polo team which finished fourth in the [[Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=HELSINKI 1952 WATER POLO MEN RESULTS |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/results/water-polo/water-polo-men |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=olympics.com}}</ref> He played five matches. Eight years later he finished seventh with the American team at the [[Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ROME 1960 WATER POLO MEN RESULTS |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960/results/water-polo/water-polo-men |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=olympics.com}}</ref> Again he played five matches.<ref name=Olympedia/>

He competed as part of the American team at the 1951 and 1955 [[Pan American Games]], that placed third in 1951 winning a bronze medal,<ref>{{Cite web |title=1st PAN AMERICAN GAMES BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA |url=https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1951-buenos-aires-tomo-2.pdf |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=panamsports.org}}</ref> and second in 1955, winning a silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Segundos Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos |url=https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1955-mexico-lq.pdf |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=panamsports.org}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

He enjoyed the sport of bodysurfing and was a frequent age-group finalist in the Championships for World Bodysurfing. He later had a career as a dentist.<ref name=Olympedia/>

Burns died June 24, 1990 of cancer in Fullerton, California, where he had been a lifelong resident. He was survived by his wife, Jeremy and two daughters.<ref name=obit2/> Services were held at Fullerton's Emmanuel Episcopal Church.<ref name=obit>"Newswire, Flutie Will Play", ''The Los Angeles Times'', Los Angeles, California, 26 June 1990, pg. 139</ref>

==Honors==
In 1977, he was inducted into the [[USA Water Polo Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Marvin 'Ace' D Burns (1977) |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/hof.aspx?hof=215 |website=usawaterpolo.org |publisher=USA Water Polo |access-date=18 September 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/sports/2018/11/28/trads-hof-inductees-html.aspx |website=usawaterpolo.org |publisher=USA Water Polo |access-date=18 September 2020 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}

{{United States men's water polo squad 1952 Summer Olympics}}
{{United States men's water polo squad 1960 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1928 births]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Santa Ana, California]]
[[Category:USC Trojans men's water polo players]]
[[Category:American male water polo players]]
[[Category:Olympic water polo players for the United States]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1951 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1955 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in water polo]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in water polo]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]

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