Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame explained
The Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization to celebrate the sport of polo.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Overview
It was founded by four polo players, H. Jeremy Chisholm, Philip L. B. Iglehart, Leverett S. Miller, and George C. Sherman, Jr. in Lexington, Kentucky in 1988.[1] [2] [3] [4] The first inductions into the hall of fame were in 1990.[5] [6] In 1997, it was relocated to a ten-acre estate in Lake Worth, Florida.[2] [3] [4] [7]
The museum includes a trophy by Paul Storr and paintings by Franklin Brooke Voss, George Derville Rowlandson and Paul Brown.[1]
Honorees
See footnote[8]
- Rodolphe Louis Agassiz (1871–1933)
- Mariano Aguerre
- Lester Armour, III
- Michael V. Azzaro[9]
- Harold A. Barry
- Harold L. Barry
- Paul W. Barry
- Roy M. Barry
- Carlton Beal
- James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
- Robert D. Beveridge
- Elmer Julius Boeseke, Jr.
- George Herbert Bostwick
- Norman Brinker
- Paul Butler (polo)
- Delmar Carroll
- Clarence C. Combs, Jr.
- Alan L. Corey, Jr.
- John Elliott Cowdin
- Fred W. Dailey
- Bart Evans (polo)
- Hector Galindo
- Elbridge T. Gerry, Sr.
- Stephen M. Gose
- Carlos Gracida
- Guillermo Gracida, Jr.
- Raymond R. Guest
- Winston Frederick Churchill Guest (1906–1982)
- Bennie Gutierrez
- George Haas, Jr.
- W. Averell Harriman (1891–1986)
- W. Ray Harrington, Jr.
- Juan Carlos Harriott, Jr.
- Willis L. Hartman
- Henry Lloyd Herbert
- Julian Hipwood
- Louise Eustis Hitchcock
- Thomas Hitchcock, Jr.
- Thomas Hitchcock, Sr.
- Glen Holden, Sr.
- Philip L. B. Iglehart
- Stewart B. Iglehart
- S.K. (Skey) Johnston
- Foxhall Parker Keene
- Northrup R. Knox
- Lewis Lacey
- William R. Linfoot
- William A. Mayer
- Devereux Milburn
- James P. Mills
- John Murphy
- George K. Oliver
- Stephen A. Orthwein
- John C. Oxley
- John T. Oxley (polo)
- Albert Parsells
- Eric Leader Pedley
- Peter Perkins
- Michael Grace Phipps
- Gonzalo Pieres
- Billy Post
- Owen Rinehart
- Stephen J. Roberts
- Will Rogers
- Charles Cary Rumsey
- Stephen "Laddie" Sanford
- Robert Gould Shaw II[9]
- George C. Sherman, Jr.
- William Sinclaire
- Robert Skene
- Cecil Smith (polo)
- Charles Smith (polo)
- Lewis A. Smith
- Adam Snow
- Malcolm Stevenson (polo)
- Louis Ezekiel Stoddard
- Robert Early Strawbridge, Jr.
- Gonzalo Tanoira
- Robert Uihlein, Jr.
- Robert E. Walton
- James Montaudevert Waterbury, Jr.
- Lawrence Waterbury
- Tommy Wayman
- James Watson Webb, Sr.
- Harry Payne Whitney
- William T. Ylvisaker
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.polomuseum.com/introduction.htm Official website, Introduction
- Horace Laffaye, Dennis J. Amato, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 289 https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8m29zYOU4C&dq=%22H.+Jeremy+Chisholm%22&pg=PA289
- http://chisholmgallery.com/hugh-jeremy-chisholm-and-the-polo-hall-of-fame Chisholm Gallery
- http://www.sportpolo.com/History/Polo_Museum.htm Polosport
- Victor J. Danilov, Hall of Fame Museums: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997, p. 133 https://books.google.com/books?id=VUO_J0YzpP0C&dq=%22Museum+of+Polo%22&pg=PA133
- Web site: Official website, List of Inductees . 2011-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102849/http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/inductees_year.htm . 2011-07-15 . dead .
- http://www.polomuseum.com/contactus.htm Official website, Contact Us
- http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/inductees_alpha.htm Hall of Fame List of Inductees (Alphabetical)
- http://www.polomuseum.com/news/2012_news/2013_inductees_announced.htm Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame: 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
