William Sinclaire is an American

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player.Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame, William Sinclaire's biography
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Biography

As a player, he was on the winning USA team in the Camacho Cup series with

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in 1975, and he won the Butler Handicap in 1976. Shortly after the

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, he helped develop polo in the

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area, especially around

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. He served as Governor of the

United States Polo Association The United States Polo Association (USPA) is the national governing body for the sport of polo in the United States. Introduction Established in 1890, by David Grubbs the USPA provides resources to over 4,500 individual members and 250 polo club ...

(USPA) from 1969 to 1971, Treasurer from 1971 to 1973, Vice President from 1973 to 1976, President from 1976 to 1980, and Chairman from 1980 to 1984.William Clark Hetherington, ''Six Chukkers Of Love'', AuthorHouse, 2005, p. 12

/ref> He now serves as Honorary Governor.USPA Board
/ref> In 1989, he was awarded the ''

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Award'' from the USPA. He was inducted into the

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on February 16, 2007.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclaire, William Living people Sportspeople from Denver American polo players Year of birth missing (living people)