Английская Википедия:George C. Sherman Jr.
Шаблон:Short description George Carter Sherman Jr. (July 12, 1911 – February 3, 1986)[1] was an American polo player.
Early life and career
George Sherman began playing polo at age 15. His father, George Carter Sherman Sr., was a well-known polo player and founder of the National Indoor Polo Association. He graduated from Yale University in 1934.[2][3] He was captain of the polo team in his freshman year, and he promoted college polo alongside Robert A. Graviss.[4]
Sherman served as senior vice president of Rollins Burdick Hunter, the insurance broker, and chairman of its office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[5]
Polo
Sherman served as chairman of the Indoor Polo Association, and the United States Polo Association in Lexington, Kentucky from 1960 to 1966.[2][4] He was also involved with the Gulfstream Polo Club in Lake Worth, Florida.[2]
Sherman is credited as a co-founder — alongside H. Jeremy Chisholm, Leverett S. Miller, and Philip L. B. Iglehart — of the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame, which opened in 1988.[2][6][7][8][9] He was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1998.[10]
Sherman donated a painting by Chester Harding, Portrait of a Lady, to the Yale University Art Gallery.[3]
Death
Sherman died of leukemia in New York on February 3, 1986, at the age of 74.[11]
References
- ↑ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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