Roy M. Barry

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Roy M. Barry was an American polo player. [1]

He was on the US team against Argentina in the Americas Cup and against Mexico in the Comacho Cup. [1] He won two Coronation Cups against Britain. [1] He also won three U.S. Open Polo Championship (in 1962, 1968 and 1976), two Gold Cup and Butler Handicap titles, as well as Twenty-Goal and North American Cup titles. [1] [2] [3]

He was inducted into the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame on March 3, 1995. [1]

His son Bobby Barry, also a polo player who had won the Butler Handicap, the CV Whitney, Heritage, Continental, President's, Centennial, Inter-Circuit and North American Cups., and who had competed in the U.S. Open Polo Championship, died while jogging on July 10, 2008. [4]

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