Tommy Biddle

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Tommy Biddle (a.k.a. Thomas J. Biddle, Jr.) is an American polo player. He is an eight-goaler in outdoor polo and a ten-goaler in arena polo. He has won many national and international tournaments.

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Early life

He attended Florida Atlantic University. [1]

Polo

He started his professional polo career at the Gulfstream Polo Club. [1] He is an eight-goal player in outdoor polo and has been a 10-goaler in arena polo since 2012. [2] [3] He is a player-in-residence at the Greenwich Polo Club in Greenwich, Connecticut. [4]

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Greenwich Polo Club is a polo club in Greenwich, Connecticut that was established in 1981. It is one of only three polo venues in the United States offering high-goal polo.

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In 2002, he won the U.S. Open Polo Championship at the Royal Palm Polo Club in Boca Raton, Florida on the Coca-Cola Polo Team alongside Gillian Johnston, Miguel Novillo Astrada and Adam Snow. [5] He has also won the Centennial Cup from the Federation of International Polo and the Monty Waterbury Cup. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Alex Webbe, American Polo Player Tommy Biddle, 10-goaler, Palm Beach Illustrated
  2. 1 2 Horace A. Laffaye, The Polo Encyclopedia, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2004, p. 39
  3. Lonely at the Top: Tommy Biddle becomes America's only 10-goal player., Polo Players' Edition
  4. Greenwich Polo Club: Players
  5. Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011, p. 223