David Hey Bratton (October, 1869 – December 3, 1904) was an American water polo player and competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.
[1] Bratton was sponsored by the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) at the time of the 1904 Olympics, and was a member of NYAC Olympic water polo team that won the 1904 gold medal.
He was also a member of the NYAC team in the men's 4x50-yard freestyle relay which finished fourth in the Olympic final.
Following the 1904 Olympics, he died of a typhoid fever in Chicago that same year.
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