wet speedos on the brain: Water Polo Legends

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Water Polo Legends - Archival Blog

For two years, in more than 2,500 postings, a water polo coach in Greece named Yiannis Giannouris has been lovingly and carefully archiving hundreds of photos, magazine covers and articles, documents and records that tell the story of the sport of water polo and its players, coaches and organizations in countries all over the world.

His Blogger spot is Water Polo Legends, which I just discovered through a link on Speed o'Rex. I highly recommend you spend some time there and absorb the stories and history of this sport we love. I am just overwhelmed at the amazing job Mr. Giannouris has done.

Here are some samples of images posted on Water Polo Legends

Cover of the English magazine “Illustrated” of 28 January 1950

The team of Edinburgh University, Scottish Universities Champions in 1956.

1984 Team USA

Revista el Grafico 14 April 1939

1972 Team Italy

1927 Team Photo

1960 Olympics Club

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CONTENT NOTE

I am a gay man, and former HS swimmer and water polo player, who is interested in male swimmers and their attire, so my taste in website browsing tends to gay sites, and those frequently feature adult material. While this is an adult website, for adults about adults, there is no sexual material on this blog.

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This is a fan site.

I take no credit for any of the photos on this blog (only for most of the wallpapers I create from photos posted here).

All of the photos posted on this blog were collected primarily one at a time from postings on other photo blogs. Credit is rarely if ever noted on any photo blog I frequent or use as a source.

On this blog, however, I do credit where and when I can.

If I happen to know the name -- or even the posting location -- of a photographer whose work I have posted here, I generally credit that photographer, and, if possible, I post a link to that photographer's website, or even to the original location where the photo was posted.

If you are a photographer I do not know, and you find one or more of your photos on this blog, and you would like credit for them, please let me know how you can be contacted, where your web presence is located and how you would like to be credited.

If instead you would like your images removed, I will be happy to oblige you. Again, please let me know how to contact you.

Please also note that anonymous comments by people claiming credit for photos where no credit was found at the source are difficult if not impossible to prove or satisfy.

Many thanks for visiting Wet Speedos on the Brain.

-- Wes

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