Marvin Burns

Marvin Duane "Ace" Burns (July 6, 1928 – June 24, 1990) was an American water polo player who competed for Fullerton Junior College, the University of Southern California and the Whittier Swim Club Polo Team, and played for the U.S. in both the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Education and water polo Burns was born in Santa Ana, California on July 6, 1928, and attended Fullerton High School. He also played for the Whittier Swim Club Water Polo Team which won the National AAU Water Polo Championship in a 4–1 overtime match in August 1949, with Burns scoring a critical goal while playing Center Forward. In 1947, while playing for Fullerton Junior College, Burns was named first string Center Forward on the All Southern California team, and scored 25 goals in the season. For the 1947–48, school year, he ran for Fullerton Junior College treasurer.

After Fullerton, Burns played water polo for the University of Southern California Trojans, where he was twice named an All-American. He graduated with a B.A. in 1952, and later completed a Doctorate in Dentistry in 1960.

By 1950, Burns continued to play for the Whittier Swim Club polo team, which was at times referred to as the Whittier-Fullerton swim club and was coached by Heber Halloway. He played five matches. Eight years later he finished seventh with the American team at the 1960 Olympics. Again he played five matches. and second in 1955, winning a silver medal.

Honors In 1977, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.