Malcolm Stevenson (polo)
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Malcolm Stevenson was a American champion polo player in what was known as the Big Four
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with James Watson Webb, Sr.
, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr. and Devereaux Milburn. He was inducted into the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame
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Big Four (polo)
The Big Four in polo was the American polo team that competed for the International Polo Cup.-History:The term was first used in 1909 for the team of Devereaux Milburn, Harry Payne Whitney, Lawrence Waterbury, and James Montaudevert Waterbury, Jr....
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Biography
He was born around 1880 to A. L. Stevenson and he had a brother Philip Stevenson. On October 3, 1901 he married Caroline Livingstone, just days after being thrown from his polo horse. In 1920 he married for the second time to Maud A. Kennedy. He played in the 1927 International Polo CupInternational 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...
with James Watson Webb, Sr.
James Watson Webb, Sr.
-Biography:He was born in 1884 to Lila Osgood Vanderbilt Webb and William Seward Webb in Burlington, Vermont. He married Electra Havemeyer Webb and had as his son, James Watson Webb, Jr. He died in 1960.-References:...
, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr. and Devereaux Milburn. He was inducted into the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame
Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame
The Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame is in Lake Worth, Florida.The first inductions were in 1990.-Honorees:*Rodolphe Louis Agassiz *Lester Armour, III*Harold A. Barry*Harold L. Barry*Paul W. Barry*Roy M. Barry*Carlton Beal...
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