Louis Ezekiel Stoddard
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Major Louis Ezekiel Stoddard (1881 - May 8, 1951) was an American 10-goal handicap polo
player. He participated in the 1913 and 1921 International Polo Cup
. He was the chairman of the United States Polo Association
from 1921 to 1936. He won the Junior Polo Championship, Senior Polo Championship, U.S. Open Polo Championship
and the Monty Waterbury Cup
twice each.
around 1900.
He married Rebecca Darlington around 1906. They had two daughters, Elizabeth Stoddard in 1907, and Barbara Stoddard in 1912.
In 1909 was he was chosen as the substitute for the American polo team at the International Polo Cup
.
He was a substitute in the 1913 International Polo Cup
and played when James Montaudevert Waterbury, Jr. was injured.
Rebecca died from complications from childbirth in 1914.
He participated in the 1921 International Polo Cup
.
He was elected chairman of the United States Polo Association
in 1922 and served until 1936.
He remarried and his new wife, Mary, died in 1945.
He died on May 8, 1951 in Los Angeles
of a heart attack.
Polo
Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a...
player. He participated in the 1913 and 1921 International Polo Cup
International Polo Cup
The International Polo Cup, also called the Newport Cup and the Westchester Cup is a trophy in polo that was created in 1876 and was played for by teams from the United States and Great Britain. The match is the best of three games. In 1886 it was decided to make the polo match a continuing...
. He was the chairman of the United States Polo Association
United States Polo Association
The United States Polo Association is the national governing body for the sport of polo in the United States since 1890. The USPA provides resources to approximately 3600 individual members and 250 polo clubs across the U.S. and Canada, including coordinating and supervising professional polo...
from 1921 to 1936. He won the Junior Polo Championship, Senior Polo Championship, U.S. Open Polo Championship
U.S. Open Polo Championship
The US Open Polo Championship was first played in 1904 at Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx in New York City. At the first game the Wanderers defeated the Meadowbrook Freebooters....
and the Monty Waterbury Cup
Monty Waterbury Cup
The Monty Waterbury Cup is awarded annually in polo at the Meadow Brook Club in Westbury, Long Island. The first match was in 1922. It is named after James Montaudevert Waterbury, Jr....
twice each.
Biography
He was born in 1881. He learned polo at the New Haven Polo ClubNew Haven Polo Club
The New Haven Polo Club was in New Haven, Connecticut. The club won the Junior Polo Championship at Van Cortlandt Park on September 5, 1908....
around 1900.
He married Rebecca Darlington around 1906. They had two daughters, Elizabeth Stoddard in 1907, and Barbara Stoddard in 1912.
In 1909 was he was chosen as the substitute for the American polo team at the International Polo Cup
International Polo Cup
The International Polo Cup, also called the Newport Cup and the Westchester Cup is a trophy in polo that was created in 1876 and was played for by teams from the United States and Great Britain. The match is the best of three games. In 1886 it was decided to make the polo match a continuing...
.
He was a substitute in the 1913 International Polo Cup
International Polo Cup
The International Polo Cup, also called the Newport Cup and the Westchester Cup is a trophy in polo that was created in 1876 and was played for by teams from the United States and Great Britain. The match is the best of three games. In 1886 it was decided to make the polo match a continuing...
and played when James Montaudevert Waterbury, Jr. was injured.
Rebecca died from complications from childbirth in 1914.
He participated in the 1921 International Polo Cup
International Polo Cup
The International Polo Cup, also called the Newport Cup and the Westchester Cup is a trophy in polo that was created in 1876 and was played for by teams from the United States and Great Britain. The match is the best of three games. In 1886 it was decided to make the polo match a continuing...
.
He was elected chairman of the United States Polo Association
United States Polo Association
The United States Polo Association is the national governing body for the sport of polo in the United States since 1890. The USPA provides resources to approximately 3600 individual members and 250 polo clubs across the U.S. and Canada, including coordinating and supervising professional polo...
in 1922 and served until 1936.
He remarried and his new wife, Mary, died in 1945.
He died on May 8, 1951 in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
of a heart attack.