John Meyers

Edward John Meyers (June 28, 1880 – February 1975) was an American freestyle swimmer and water polo player for the Missouri Athletic Club who won a bronze medal for the U.S. in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.

1904 Olympics In the 1904 Olympics, Meyers won a bronze medal as a member of the Missouri Athletic Club water polo team.

On the morning of Monday, September 5, Meyers competed in one-mile freestyle at the St. Louis Olympics, but did not finish the competition. German swimmer Emille Rausch took the gold with a time of 25:44. The Hungarian Geza Kiss was favored to win the event, and placed second. Frank Gaily of the U.S. Olympic Club of San Francisco took the bronze for third. Meyers was accomplished as a distance swimmer, and had completed several prior distance swims.

Later careers In July 1908, Meyers managed a Natatorium and athletic auditorium that could be used for both swimming and water polo and was scheduled to reopen on Grand and Cook Avenues in St. Louis. In 1906, he helped arrange a National Meet at Laughlin Lake, and had been instrumental in and organizing a ten mile swim in the Mississippi. As an administrator, he attempted to bring the American Athletic Union Swimming Championships to the new St. Louis Natatorium. In later life, Meyers was employed as a contractor and machinist. He died in Volusia, Florida on July 25, 1975.