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{{Short description|American water polo player (1931–2019)}}
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| name = Bob Horn
| image = HornBobWaterPoloCoach.png
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| caption = As UCLA Coach in 1982
| height= 190 cm
| weight = 84 kg
| spouse = Dorothy
| children= 5
| birth_date = November 3, 1931
| birth_place = [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|1|11|1931|11|3}}
| death_place = [[Manhattan Beach, California]]
| alma_mater = [[Fullerton College]] [[Long Beach State]], B.A. M.A.
| player_years1 = 1950–52 1957–58
| player_team1 = [[Fullerton College]] [[Long Beach State]]
| player_positions = Swimming, Water Polo
| coach_team1 = [[Cal State Long Beach]] Head Swim and W. P. Coach
| coach_years1 = 1959–1965
| coach_team2 = [[UCLA Bruins]] Swim and W.P. Coach
| coach_years2 = 1964–1990
| coach_team3 = U.S. Olympic Water Polo Teams Coaching staff
| coach_years3 = 1968, 1972
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| overall_record = 487–188–8
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| awards = 1965– NCAA Water Polo Coach of the Year 1972 – NCAA Swimming Coach of the Year.<ref name=DB>{{cite web|title=''Daily Breeze'', Bob Horn Obituary |url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/obituaries/bob-horn-manhatttan-beach-ca/ |website=dailybreeze.com |publisher=Daily Breeze |access-date=18 September 2023 }}</ref> '76 U.S. Water Polo Hall of Fame '99 UCLA Hall of Fame '88 Long Beach State College Hall of Fame Fullerton Community College Hall of Fame
| championships = 3 NCAA Water Polo Championships 7 PAC-8 League Championships (UCLA)
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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]]}}
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'''Robert "Bob" Martin Horn''' (November 3, 1931 – January 11, 2019) was a collegiate swimmer and Water Polo Player for [[Fullerton College]] and [[Long Beach State]], who as the first full-time UCLA swimming and Water Polo Coach from around 1964–1991 led the Bruins to 3 [[NCAA]] [[Water Polo]] Championships in 1969, 1970–72, and 7 Water Polo PAC-8 league championships from 1964 to 1971.<ref name=Olympedia/> He represented the United States in Water Polo as an outstanding goalie in the [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne]] and the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in Rome.<ref name=SW>{{cite web|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/bob-horn-u-s-olympic-and-ucla-mens-swimming-and-water-polo-coach-passes-away-at-87/|title=Swimming World, Randazzo, Michael, Bob Horn, U.S. Olympic and UCLA Swimming and Water Polo Coach Passes Away at 87|publisher=Swimming World|access-date=17 July 2024}}</ref><ref name=WPHOF/>

Horn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 3, 1931. Around 1935, he moved with his mother and older brother to [[Whittier, California]]. He attended [[Whittier High School]], known as Whittier Union High School when he attended, and as a sophomore competed with their water polo team. Graduating Whittier in June 1949, he played in Orchestra as a violinist.<ref>"Retiring Superintendant Awarded Unusual Honor", ''The Whittier News'', Whittier, California, 4 June 1949, pg. 1</ref> He competed with the Whittier Swim Club water polo team when they won the 1950 National AAU Water Polo Championships.<ref>"Whittier Water Polo Team Leaves Sunday", ''The Los Angeles Times'', Los Angeles, California, 23 August 1951, pg. 62</ref> During his High School years, Horn played Water Polo from 1947 to 1949.<ref name=DB/><ref name=WPHOF/> A nationally recognized program, the Whittier Swim club water polo team won the 1949 and 1950 AAU National Championships and the 1951 team was a runner-up.<ref>"Whittier Water Poloists Need Help to Make Trip", ''The Whittier News'', Whittier, California, 16 June 1952, pg. 1</ref>

== Collegiate era athletics ==
Horn went to [[Fullerton College]] from 1950 to 1952 where he participated on both swim and Water Polo Teams, and helped lead the team to a Southern California Championship in the 1951 school year. At Fullerton, he was coached by International Hall of Fame inductee [[James R. Smith|Jimmy Smith]], who was an Officer in the Naval Reserves, coached at the Naval Air Station at Los Alamitos where Horn played Water Polo, and coached the U.S. Water Polo teams at the Pan American Games in 1955 where Horn would play and medal.<ref name=Smith>"Winning Teams", ''The Los Angeles Times'', Los Angeles, California, 8 December 1957, pg. 257</ref> Playing for the Fullerton-Whittier Swim Club water polo team, he attended the Water Polo Olympic trials at New York's Astoria Park Pool in July 1952.<ref>"Whittier Water Poloists Leave", ''The Los Angeles Times'', Los Angeles, California, 30 June 1952, pg. 59</ref><ref name=FC>{{cite web|url=https://www.fchornets.com/hof/HoF_PDFs/HoF_Horn_Bob.pdf|title=Fullerton College Sports Hall of Fame, Robert Horn|publisher=Fullerton College Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=17 July 2024}}</ref>

After attending Fullerton College, Horn served in the Naval Air Force during the Korean War in the early 1950s. He trained with and played water polo during his Naval service with the U.S. Olympic team, preparing for the 1956 Olympics. Completing his naval service, he then attended [[California State University, Long Beach]] for the 1957–58 year where he played water polo, was named an All-American, and won the student athlete of the year award. In 1957–58, while Horn was playing Water Polo at CSU Long Beach, the team won the PAC Conference Championship.<ref name=WPHOF/> He completed both a B.A. and Masters from Cal State Long Beach around 1958.<ref name=DB/>

==='56, '60 Olympics===
He was a member and Captain of the American water polo team that placed fifth in the [[Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Olympic tournament]], where he played five matches as goalkeeper. Four years later he finished seventh with the American team in the [[Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Olympic tournament]], competing in four matches as goalkeeper. Horn served as captain of the U.S. Water Polo Team at the 1955 Pan American Games, as captain of the 1956 Olympic squad and as a member of the 1960 Olympic team at the Rome Games.<ref name=SW/> He was considered at the time to be America's greatest Water Polo goalie.<ref name=WPlegends>{{cite web|url=http://www.waterpololegends.com/2008/07/bob-horn-legendary-coach-of-ucla.html|title= UCLA Water Polo, Bob Horn Biography|publisher=UCLA Sports}}</ref><ref name=LAT>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailynews.com/2019/01/14/former-ucla-water-polo-coach-long-beach-state-all-american-bob-horn-dead-at-87/|title= Grossbard, Adam, Former UCLA water polo coach, Long Beach State All-American Bob Horn dead at 87|publisher=Los Angeles Daily News}}</ref> He played Water Polo at the Naval Air Station at Los Alamitos, California, where he was also stationed for a period during his Naval service.<ref name=WPHOF>{{cite web|url=https://usawaterpolo.org/hof.aspx?hof=86|title= Water Polo Hall of Fame, Robert M. Horn Biography|publisher=Water Polo Hall of Fame}}</ref>

== Swimming and Water Polo Coach ==
After completing his career as a college athlete, Horn first coached at [[Cerritos College|Cerritos Jr. College]], a community college in Norwalk, California, for two years from 1959 to 1961, where he led the team to both Metropolitan and Western State Conference Championships.<ref name=Olympedia/><ref name=DB/><ref name=WPHOF/> He led the swimming and Water Polo program at Cal State Long Beach from 1959 to 1965, where the team won the 1959 PAC Conference Championship.<ref name=SW/><ref name=DB/>

===Coaching UCLA===
He began his position as UCLA's first full-time Aquatics coach, managing both the Swim and Water Polo teams from around 1965–1973, then coaching only Water Polo from 1973 to 1991. In his UCLA coaching tenure roughly between 1964 and 1991, he led the Bruins to 3 NCAA Water Polo Championships, one in 1969 and two between 1971 and 1972, and 7 Water Polo PAC-8 league championships from 1964 to 1971. In 1988, his UCLA team won the Club National Championship, the first time a team consisting entirely of collegiate athletes won the Club National Title. He is still considered the UCLA coach with the most number of wins, as he won 50 consecutive Water Polo matches and coached four undefeated teams between 1964 and 1968. Horn's 1969 team, went 19–0 to become the first NCAA champions in the history of American Water Polo.<ref name=UCLA>{{cite web|url=https://dailybruin.com/2015/12/06/a-look-back-at-uclas-storied-history-of-perfection|title=Walters, Tanner, Dec. 6, 2015, A Look Back at UCLA's History of Perfection|publisher=Daily Bruin|access-date=17 July 2024}}</ref> During his coaching career, he mentored 36 first team All Americans, and 26 Olympians in swimming and water polo.<ref name=SW/><ref name=DB/><ref name=Olympedia>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54933|title=Olympedia Bio, Bob Horn|publisher=Olympedia|access-date=17 July 2024}}</ref> Improving opportunities for women's swimming, he allowed diver Susie Kinkade to join UCLA's men's swim team around 1973 when the school had yet to develop a separate women's program.<ref name=562.org>{{cite web|url=https://www.the562.org/2019/01/14/obituary-aquatics-legend-bob-horn-passes/|title=Guardabascio, Mike, January 14, 2019, Obituary: Aquatics Legend Bob Horn Passes|publisher=562.org|access-date=17 July 2024}}</ref>

Horn was a part of the coaching staff for the 1968 and 1972 U.S. Olympic Water Polo teams. The 1972 Olympic team he helped coach in Munich won a team bronze medal. He also helped coach the U.S. team for two Pan American games and later 2 World University Games.<ref name=DB/>

Horn enjoyed lifeguarding, riding horseback, surfing, waterskiing, travelling, and spending time with family. He was musical, and played both the ukulele and violin. In his retirement, he lived for a period in a cabin in the Sierras.<ref name=DB/>

He died on January 11, 2019, after a long illness. He was survived by his wife Dorothy, five children, and seven grandchildren.<ref name=DB/>

== Honors ==
As an athlete in Water Polo, he was an All California state selection in 1957–1958 during his time at Long Beach State University. In 1977, he was inducted into the [[USA Water Polo Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert M Horn (1977) |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/hof.aspx?hof=86 |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> In 1965, he was recognized as the “NCAA Water Polo Coach of the Year” and in 1972 as the “NCAA Swimming Coach of the Year”.<ref name=DB>{{cite web|title=''Daily Breeze'', Bob Horn Obituary |url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/obituaries/bob-horn-manhatttan-beach-ca/ |website=dailybreeze.com |publisher=Daily Breeze |access-date=18 September 2023 }}</ref> He was also a Hall of Fame member of the University of California at Los Angeles, Long Beach State College, and Fullerton Community College.<ref name=DB/> Horn served as President of the Southern California Water Polo & Swimming Association.<ref name=Olympedia/>

==See also==
* [[List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}
* [https://www.the562.org/2019/01/14/obituary-aquatics-legend-bob-horn-passes/ Guardabascio, Mike, January 14, 2019, Obituary: Aquatics Legend Bob Horn Passes]
* [https://usawaterpolo.org/hof.aspx?hof=86 USA Water Polo Hall of Fame]
* [https://www.dailybreeze.com/obituaries/bob-horn-manhatttan-beach-ca/ ''Daily Breeze'', Bob Horn Obituary]

{{United States men's water polo squad 1956 Summer Olympics}}
{{United States men's water polo squad 1960 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:Sportspeople from Minneapolis]]
[[Category:American male water polo players]]
[[Category:Water polo goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Olympic water polo players for the United States]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1956 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Long Beach State Beach men's water polo players]]
[[Category:UCLA Bruins men's water polo coaches]]
[[Category:UCLA Bruins swimming coaches]]
[[Category:American water polo coaches]]
[[Category:American swimming coaches]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in water polo]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1955 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Whittier High School alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]

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