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

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player.Alan Lyle Corey
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'', August 25, 1998

Biography

He was born on February 6, 1917, in

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. Alan Corey Jr. attended the Aiken School in

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, in the 1930s, where he started playing polo. He graduated from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, 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 The Monty Waterbury Cup is awarded annually in polo at the Meadowbrook Polo Club in Westbury, Long Island. The first match was in 1922. It is named after James Montaudevert Waterbury, Jr. In 1956, Herbie Pennell was the winner. Overview It ..., J ...

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

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(USPA), the

Meadowbrook Polo Club The Meadowbrook Polo Club (originally styled as the "Meadow Brook Club"), located in Old Westbury, New York, is the oldest continuously operating polo club in the United States, first established in 1881.Marie, Kim (August 27, 201The Power of The ...

, the

Aiken Polo Club The Aiken Polo Club is a polo club in Aiken, South Carolina. Location It is located at 240-399 Mead Avenue in Aiken, South Carolina, 29801. It is two blocks away from the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum, the Rye Patch Estate and t ...

, the

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and the

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. He was inducted into the

Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame The Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization to celebrate the sport of polo.Horace Laffaye, Dennis J. Amato, ''Polo in the United States: A History'', Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 28/ref> Overview It ...

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