Glendale High School
Water Polo
Hall of Fame
GARY NELSON, class of 1963
An Original
Coach Aido Buonaguidi called Gary Nelson the dream player. He played two years for the Dynamiters. He was on GHS polo's first year in 1961 and was the team captain in 1962. He was like a coach in the water, often leading the team in drills at practice and providing the coaches with strategy for the games. Gary was a classmate of GHS legend Pat Navolanic, and like Navolanic died just a few years after high school. He was killed in 1966 during the Vietnam War and in his memory, an award is given annually to the water polo team's most inspirational player.
The Gary Nelson Most Inspirational Award