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...Crocker bristles at polo stereotypes—associations of the sport with a culture of “Great Gatsby, Ralph Lauren, and white britches.” He considers life in the stable anything but glamorous—you have to do a lot more before you can put those white jeans on, he wryly observes...
...says Nick, who believes some are involved in the polo scene simply for the presumed lifestyle. “How do you feel about those people? You kinda feel torn because they help push the game forward…but it’s not what the sport is about...
...SPORT OF THE EVERYMAN
...early 1900s, a group of recreational polo players forged Harvard’s first foray into the sport, and by the late 1920s, the team tasted real success under the leadership of Forrester A. Clark Jr. ’58, a six-goal outdoors player. In the 1950s and 60s, Crocker himself, his best friend Adam Winthrop ’61, and Russell B. Clark ’61 further legitimized the sport on campus—but with neither official University recognition, nor the requisite resources, the survival of Harvard polo remained tenuous...
...pick-up. “These belong to you—not to us,” Browne recalls telling Pusey as they handed him a telegram from Sharp. “They belong to Harvard.” In 1968, polo was recognized as an official Harvard club sport...