Alan Lyle Corey Jr. (February 6, 1917 - August 24, 1998) was an American

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player.Alan Lyle Corey
'' The New York Times'', August 25, 1998

Biography

He was born on February 6, 1917, in

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. Alan Corey Jr. attended the Aiken School in Aiken, South Carolina, in the 1930s, where he started playing polo. He graduated from Yale University, where he won the Polo Intercollegiate Championship in 1938. As a professional player, he was distinguished as a nine goal handicap in 1953 and maintained a rating of seven goals or more for the next thirty years. He won the United States Open Championship in 1940, 1941, 1950, 1953 and 1954. He also won the Monty Waterbury Cup five times, and the National Twenty Goal four times. He also won National Twelve Goal Tournament in 1963 with his son Alan, and reached the finals of the National Sixteen Goal with his younger son, Russell, in 1969. He was an active member of the United States Polo Association (USPA), the

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, the Aiken Polo Club, the

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and the Racquet and Tennis Club. He was inducted into the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame on March 20, 1992. He was married to Patricia Grace, and they had one daughter, Patricia Corey Montgomerie, and two sons, Alan L. Corey III and Russell G. Corey. He died on August 24, 1998. His wife died on January 13, 2007.Patricia Grace Corey
''The New York Times'', January 17, 2007

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corey, Alan Jr. 1998 deaths Sportspeople from Aiken, South Carolina Yale University alumni American polo players 1917 births Sportspeople from Manhattan