Dr. Clarence C. “Buddy” Combs Jr.

Clarence C. “Buddy” Combs Jr. inherited his interest in horses and polo from his father. He developed his skills at the Pennsylvania Military Academy and won the Intercollegiate Championship at Cornell in 1937 while he attended its veterinary school. He became, in 1951, the second of only two players in the first 75 years of indoor polo records to be rated at 10-goals.

During his indoor career, he won the Senior Championship seven times and the Twelve Goal (Junior) on three occasions. Outdoors, “Buddy” won the U.S. Open Championship in 1947 and ‘56, the Monty Waterbury Cup twice, the Twelve Goal once. He was a very intense, skillful and hard-riding player.