W. Ray Harrington, Jr.

W. Ray Harrington, Jr., a.k.a. "Mr. Inside-Out", was an American polo player.[1]

Biography

W. Ray Harrington, Jr. was born in Texas.[1]

He was an eight-goal player. He won seven U.S. Open Polo Championships, in 1956, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969, including four consecutive victories.[1][2] He also won eight Twenty-Goal championships, and two Monty Waterbury Cups, titles.[1] He played on the United States team in the 1969 Cup of the Americas.[1]

He starred in the polo training film made for the United States Polo Association (USPA) called Charlie Chukker.[3]

He was inducted into the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida on March 18, 1993.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame, Stephen J. Roberts's biography
  2. ↑ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History
  3. ↑ William Clark Herington, Six Chukkers Of Love, AuthorHouse, 2005, p. 47


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