British water polo player
Peter Pass
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| Nationality | British |
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| Born | (1933-03-08)8 March 1933
Finsbury, England |
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| Died | 3 June 2012(2012-06-03) (aged 79) |
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| Children | Andrew Pass, Carol Pass, Sarah Pass |
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| Sport | Water polo |
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Peter Pass MBE (8 March 1933 – 3 June 2012) was a British water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1] He was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records in 1972 for the most career caps of any British water polo player—a total of 95[2]—and received an MBE that same year.[3]
In club water polo, he played for Polytechnic's first team for 21 seasons between 1949 and 1970, then was a coach. From 1964 to 1994, Polytechnic won 17 National Water Polo League titles.[2]
In his later years, Pass lived in County Offaly, Ireland. He died in 2012[2] of bowel cancer.[3]
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