Eric Pedley

Eric Pedley was a famous member of one of California’s first polo playing families, starting his career as a boy on a Shetland pony. He was a member of the Midwick Team which won the National Twenty Goal and the U.S. Open Championship, both in 1924. In 1930 and ’36, he represented his country in the Westchester Cup matches versus Great Britain. As a result of his outstanding performance in 1930, he earned a 9-goal handicap rating. A three-time winner of the U.S. Open Championship, he had an illustrious career spanning half a century, winning every major tournament and many of them on several occasions. He was capable of playing any position on the polo field and an extraordinary all-around athlete in every sport he every undertook to play.