Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame

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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]

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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 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]

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Official website, Introduction
  2. 1 2 3 Horace Laffaye, Dennis J. Amato, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 289
  3. 1 2 3 Chisholm Gallery
  4. 1 2 3 Polosport Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 Victor J. Danilov, Hall of Fame Museums: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997, p. 133
  6. "Official website, List of Inductees". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  7. Official website, Contact Us
  8. Hall of Fame List of Inductees (Alphabetical) Archived 2011-12-31 at the Wayback Machine . Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame official website. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  9. 1 2 Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame: 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced Archived 2013-01-31 at archive.today

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