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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame, Roy M. Barry's biography
  2. ↑ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, p. 345, McFarland, 2011
  3. ↑ Hurlingham Media: U.S. Open Polo Championships
  4. ↑ American player dies whilst out jogging, Polo Times, July 11, 2008
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