Fred Roe (January 18, 1889 – May 6, 1968) was an American

polo Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ...

player. He competed in the polo tournament at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

winning a silver medal. He graduated from

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

and

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...

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* 1889 births 1968 deaths American polo players Polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in polo Olympic polo players for the United States Olympic silver medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics People from Coke County, Texas Sportspeople from Texas Yale College alumni Harvard Business School alumni {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub