Tony Van Dorp was born in Indonesia but was of Dutch descent. His brother Fred played water polo for the Netherlands at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and they had the unusual distinction of competing against each other at both Olympics. Tony Van Dorp started out with the Dutch National Team, playing with them from 1954-56, and from 1961-63 played on the Dutch National Champions. But he had also moved to the USA, obtaining US citizenship in 1957, and played for the USA Team in 1963 at the CISM Meet. He was an AAU All-American in 1964-68 and in 1968, helped Phillips 66, Long Beach to win the AAU Championship. Van Dorp also added a gold medal at the 1967 Pan American Games, where he was named outstanding goalie. He was a career military man, who served 21 years of active service as an air traffic controller with the US Air Force. He also served in Vietnam.
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