Roy M. Barry
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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame, Roy M. Barry's biography
- ^ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, p. 345, McFarland, 2011 [1]
- ^ Hurlingham Media: U.S. Open Polo Championships Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ American player dies whilst out jogging, Polo Times, July 11, 2008