Joe Barry (polo)
Harold A. "Joe" Barry was an American polo player.[1][2]
Biography[]
He was born and raised in Truscott, Texas.[2] Later, he moved to San Antonio.[2]
He was a nine-goal player.[2] He won the U.S. Open Polo Championship in 1968 (with , W. Ray Harrington Jr. and Roy M. Barry), 1970 (with , , Harold L. Barry), 1974 (with Del W. Carroll, Tommy Wayman and Robert Uihlein Jr.), 1975 (with , Tommy Wayman, and Robert Uihlein Jr.), 1977 (with William R. Linfoot, Guillermo Gracida Jr. and Stephen M. Gose), and 1979 (with the same players).[1][3] He also won three Gold Cups, three Silver Cups, two Butler Handicaps, and two North American titles.[1] He played on the U.S. team in the Cup of the Americas twice, and won the Coronation Cup and Camacho Cup.[1]
He was inducted into the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida on February 26, 1999.[1] The Joe Barry Memorial Tournament at the International Polo Club Palm Beach is named for him.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame, Harold A. Barry's biography
- ^ a b c d Pat Cannonn, Cowboy Joe Barry Isn't Typical Polo Player, The Milwaukee Journal, August 12, 1978
- ^ Hurlingham Media: U.S. Open Polo Championship Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Federation of International Polo: USA- BTA Defeated San Saba to win the Joe Memorial Cup". Archived from the original on 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
- ^ Joe Barry Memorial Cup, Polo Times, January 8, 2010
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