Clement Browne

Clement Adolbert Browne (January 4, 1896 – January 1964) was an American swimmer and water polo player. He competed in the men's water polo tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp that placed fourth overall.

Early life Browne was born January 4, 1896 in Freetown, St. Philip, Antigua. According to ancestry.com, his parents were Joshua Brown, and Frederica C. Hughes, and he was married to Beatrice Fuller. He was known to have entered the United States in April 1919 through the city of St. John in Canada's New Brunswick. He was not fully an American citizen when he represented the U.S. at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, but became a U.S. citizen in 1925, when he completed the process of naturalization. By 1920, while competing for the Chicago Athletic Association, one of his coaches was Harry Hazelhurst. Through 1923, Browne excelled as both a sprint and middle distance swimmer in regional competition, but received limited recognition, as he failed to win a national championship.

Though he was selected to compete in individual events at the 1920 Olympic swimming trials at Lincoln Park Lagoon in Chicago, under the auspices of the Chicago Athletic Association, Browne did not qualify in a swimming event.

Browne later worked for the US Post Office.

He died in New York in January 1964.