Austin Clapp swimming at the Ambassador Hotel Plunge event. Clapp and several other athletes participated in the Plunge event en route to the senior national outdoor championships at Honolulu.
Austin Clapp was an American swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he won a gold medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event and in 1932 he was a member of American water polo team, which won a bronze medal.