Philip L. B. Iglehart (1913 - February 9, 1993) was a Chilean American polo player.[1] [2]
Philip Iglehart was born in Chile in 1913.[2] He was educated at the Lawrence School in New York City, the Aiken Preparatory School in Aiken, South Carolina, St. Paul's School in New Hampshire and Yale University.[1] [2]
During the Second World War, he served as Vice President for operations in the Pacific Ocean of Grace Lines, a shipping company.[2] He then operated a cattle ranch and orange groves near Lake Okeechobee, Florida.[2] From 1964 until 1974, he owned a farm near the Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore, Maryland.[2]
He established the Gulfstream Polo Club in Lake Worth, Florida.[1] [2] He helped find a new location for the Meadowbrook Polo Club after it was taken by the construction of a highway.[1] [2] In 1988, he founded the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame alongside H. Jeremy Chisholm, Leverett S. Miller, and George C. Sherman, Jr.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
He had two sons and one daughter.[2] His brother was Stewart Iglehart.[2] He lived in Lake Worth, Florida.[2]