The Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame is a
501(c)(3)
A 501(c)(3) organization is a United States corporation, trust, unincorporated association or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code. It is one of the 29 types of ...
, non-profit organization to celebrate the sport of
polo
Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small ha ...
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[Victor J. Danilov, ''Hall of Fame Museums: A Reference Guide'', Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997, p. 13]
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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
Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County. By population, it is the second-largest city in Kentucky and 57th-largest city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 28th-largest ...
in 1988.hall of fame
A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actual halls or muse ...
were in 1990.Lake Worth, Florida
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.Paul Storr
Paul Storr (baptised 28 October 1770 in London – 18 March 1844 in London) was an English goldsmith and silversmith working in the Neoclassical and other styles during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His works range from ...
and paintings by Franklin Brooke Voss, George Derville Rowlandson and Paul Brown
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Honorees
:''See footnote''Hall of Fame List of Inductees (Alphabetical)
. Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame official website. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
* Rodolphe Louis Agassiz (1871-1933)
* Mariano Aguerre
* Lester Armour, III
* Michael V. Azzaro[Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame: 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced](_blank)
* 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
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* 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
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* Charles Cary Rumsey
* Stephen "Laddie" Sanford
* Robert Gould Shaw IIHarry Payne Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney (April 29, 1872 – October 26, 1930) was an American businessman, thoroughbred horse breeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.
Early years
Whitney was born in New York City on April 29, 1872, as the eldest son ...
* William T. Ylvisaker
See also
*United States Polo Association
The United States Polo Association (USPA) is the national governing body for the sport of polo in the United States.
Introduction
Established in 1890, by David Grubbs the USPA provides resources to over 4,500 individual members and 250 polo club ...
Footnotes
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.polomuseum.com/hall-of-fame/about
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