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Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame

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 edit

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 edit

See footnote[8]

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b c Official website, Introduction
  2. ^ a b c Horace Laffaye, Dennis J. Amato, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 289 [1]
  3. ^ a b c Chisholm Gallery
  4. ^ a b c Polosport Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b Victor J. Danilov, Hall of Fame Museums: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997, p. 133 [2]
  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. ^ a b Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame: 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced Archived 2013-01-31 at archive.today

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