Frank Joseph MacKey (March 20, 1852 in

Gilboa, New York Gilboa is a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 1,215 at the 2000 census. The Town of Gilboa is in the southern part of the county and is southwest of Albany. History The town was first settled around 1760. ...

– February 24, 1927 in

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) 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 in the

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 ...

. He was part of the

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polo team which won the gold medal. He also was a businessman, founding

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in 1878. In 1927, he committed

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by shooting himself while suffering from a terminal illness.

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* * * 1852 births 1927 suicides People from Schoharie County, New York American polo players Polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic polo players of the United States Olympic gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Suicides by firearm in Minnesota American bankers 19th-century American businesspeople Olympic medalists in polo {{US-polo-bio-stub