Louis Ezekiel Stoddard

Major Louis Ezekiel Stoddard (1881 - May 8, 1951) was an American 10-goal handicap polo player.[1] He participated in the 1913 and 1921 International Polo Cup.[2] He was the chairman of the United States Polo Association from 1921 to 1936.[3] He won the Junior Polo Championship, Senior Polo Championship, U.S. Open Polo Championship and the Monty Waterbury Cup twice each.[1]

Biography

He was born in 1881.[2] He learned polo at the New Haven Polo Club around 1900.[1]

He married Rebecca Darlington around 1906. They had two daughters, Elizabeth Stoddard in 1907, and Barbara Stoddard in 1912.[4]

In 1909 was he was chosen as the substitute for the American polo team at the International Polo Cup.[1]

He was a substitute in the 1913 International Polo Cup and played when James Montaudevert Waterbury, Jr. was injured.[1][2]

Rebecca died from complications from childbirth in 1914.[5]

He participated in the 1921 International Polo Cup.[1][2]

He was elected chairman of the United States Polo Association in 1922 and served until 1936.[1]

He remarried and his new wife, Mary, died in 1945.[6]

He died on May 8, 1951 in Los Angeles of a heart attack.[2][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Louis Ezekiel Stoddard". Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame. http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/stoddard_louis.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-13. "Louis E. Stoddard started his polo career with the New Haven Polo Club at the turn of the century and by 1909 was named sole substitute for the American Team which successfully challenged England. In 1913, he substituted for the injured Monty Waterbury and played for America again in 1921, when he was awarded a ten goal rank for his performance. In his playing years, he won the Junior, Senior, Open championship and Monty Waterbury Cup twice each." 
  2. ^ a b c d e "Died". Time magazine. March 22, 1948. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,804530,00.html#ixzz1JRLtXUeJ. Retrieved 2011-04-13. "Louis Ezekiel Stoddard, 70, socialite polo star of three decades ago; of a heart ailment; in Los Angeles. He played on two international challenge teams (1913, 1921), became a ten-goal man in 1922." 
  3. ^ "Milburn Believes That U.S. Four Will Win; Hurndall Says British Have Fighting Chance". New York Times. August 31, 1924. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70A17F83D551B7A93C3AA1783D85F408285F9. Retrieved 2011-04-08. "The following statements were made, yesterday for The New York by Devereux Milburn, Captain of the American team; Louis E. Stoddard, Chairman of the United States Polo Association; Major F. B. Hurndall, Captain of the British team, and Captain the Hon. Frederick E. Guest, Chairman of the Hurlingham Committee, concerning the coming international polo matches at Meadow Brook. ..." 
  4. ^ Stoddards in the 1920 US census in New Haven, Connecticut
  5. ^ "Louis E. Stoddard Seeks to be Administrator of $2,000,000 Property". New York Times. January 9, 1914. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20F15FE355D13738DDDA00894D9405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-29. "Major Louis E. Stoddard, a member of the international polo team that defeated the English players last year, made application in the Probate Court to-day to be declared administrator of the estate of his wife, Rebecca Darlington Stoddard, who died last month leaving three children, including a son two days old. ..." 
  6. ^ "Mrs. Louis E. Stoddard. Polo Player's Wife a Director of Manhattan Music School". New York Times. February 23, 1945. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C15FE3F5B12718DDDAA0A94DA405B8588F1D3. Retrieved 2011-04-13. "Mary Stoddard, wife of Louis E. Stoddard, noted polo player and manufacturer, died yesterday in her home at 1001 Park Avenue, after a brief illness. ..." 
  7. ^ "Louis E. Stoddard, Noted Horseman". New York Times. May 10, 1951. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0810FA3D5C117B93C2A8178ED85F458585F9. Retrieved 2011-04-13. "Louis Ezekiel Stoddard, noted horseman and polo player, member of a socially prominent family, died last night at his home in Los Angeles ..."