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He also finished fourth overall in the men"s 1,500-meter freestyle in a time of 21:05.0.
He also finished fourth overall in the men"s 1,500-meter freestyle in a time of 21:05.0.
He competed in the men"s 400-meter freestyle, and placed sixth in event final with a time of 5:25.0. Ruddy was born in New York City, the son of 1904 Olympic swimmer Joe Ruddy. Ruddy died as a result of brain injuries sustained in an accident fall in 1938.
He was 27 years old.
He attended Columbia University in New York, where he was a member of the Columbia Lions swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he was a member of the ninth-place United States. water polo team