S.K. (Skey) Johnston, Jr.

Polo needs more friends like Skey Johnston. One of the last of the left-handed players, he gave of himself to benefit the sport. At the club level, Skey was president of the well-respected Gulfstream Polo Club in Florida. His teams played at the club and national levels. Internationally, Skey advocated polo’s return to the Olympics.

In his years of service to the USPA, Skey served as vice president from 1979 to 1980, as president from 1980 to 1984 and as chairman from 1984 to 1988. He will always be remembered as fair-minded and “in nobody’s camp except what’s good for the USPA – high goal, low goal, club polo and everyone.”

He provided much needed corporate sponsorship for many clubs and tournaments. In 1982, he was awarded the Hugo Dalmar Trophy for exemplary sportsmanship.