George Haas Jr.

George Haas won his first trophy at Yale in 1938 and for the next 62 years competed and won club and high-goal tournaments including the East Coast Open, three times, the Monty Waterbury, three times, and the Arena Sherman Memorial. He was a chairman of the Polo Training Foundation, of the USPA’s Safety and International Committees, and served as a long-term governor of the Northeastern Circuit . He was also a president of the Gulfstream Club where he was always unselfishly ready to assist any worthy polo cause. Among Haas’ proudest achievements were his determined work in developing a new and improved safety helmet and representing the interests of the United States in the organization and development of the Federation of International Polo.