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 George Landreth, W. Ray Harrington, Jr. and Roy M. Barry), 1970 (with James R. Sharp, Reuben Evans, Harold L. Barry), 1974 (with Del W. Carroll, Tommy Wayman and Robert Uihlein, Jr.), 1975 (with James Uihlein, 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

1. Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame, Harold A. Barry's biography
2. Pat Cannonn, Cowboy Joe Barry Isn't Typical Polo Player, The Milwaukee Journal, August 12, 1978
3. Hurlingham Media: U.S. Open Polo Championship Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
4. "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.
5. Joe Barry Memorial Cup, Polo Times, January 8, 2010