[3] At the age of 19 at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, while representing the Chicago Athletic Association, Goetz won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. 4x50-yard freestyle relay team.

[4] Goetz also competed for the very strong Chicago Athletic Union water polo team made up of Dave Hammond as Forward and outstanding swimmer, W. J. Tuttle, J. Schreiner, Rex Beach, and Jerome Stever.

[6] Charles Goetz's Olympic experience and attainment of the silver medal demonstrated his work ethic and comittment to swimming.

[1][8] By 1919, Goetz was President of the Para Auto Company, and was the owner of a 9 story Apartment building at 3400 Sheridan Road in Chicago.

[9] In September 1931, Goetz was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for concealing assets of around 247,000 in bankruptcy, and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the case in October 1932.