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Robert Livingston Gerry, Jr. (December 5, 1911 – December 1979) was an American polo player. ==Biography== Two-time winner of the US Open Polo Championship. * Won in 1939 playing the #2 position for the Bostwick Field team. * Won in 1940 playing the #2 position for the Aknusti team. * Lost in finals of 1941 championship while playing for the Aknusti team. (From 1923 to 1941 all U.S. Open Polo Championship were played at Meadow Brook on Long Island, New York) ''The U.S. Open Polo Championship'' The 1939 Bostwick Field team: Pete Bostwick, Robert L. Gerry Jr., Elbridge T. Gerry, Sr., Eric Horace Tyrrell-Martin. The 1940 U.S. Open Polo Championship final was an especially impressive victory as the Aknusti team beat the Great Neck team which was captained by 10-goal polo player Tommy Hitchcock, Jr.. The final score was a close 5 to 4. Playing for Aknusti that year were Gerald Smith, Robert L. Gerry, Jr., Elbridge Gerry, and Alan Corey, Jr. The 1941 Aknusti team was composed of Elbridge T. Gerry, Sr., Robert L. Gerry, Jr., Edward H. Gerry, and Pete Bostwick. In the U.S. Open finals they played against Gulf Stream whose riders were Michael Grace Phipps, Ben Phipps, Charles Skiddy von Stade, and Alan L. Corey, Jr.. Gulf Stream beat Aknusti 10-6. Also, an accomplished Court tennis player. Tuxedo Gold Racquet Singles Champion in 1946. Won the U.S. Amateur Doubles Championship in both 1949 and 1950 playing with Alastair Martin. Was a Charter Member of the United States Court Tennis Association.〔(USCTA Annual Report )〕 Married Martha Leighton Kramer. Owned until his death was his sprawling estate "Aknusti" (later renamed Broadlands) in the rolling hills of Delaware County, New York. It has acreage in the townships of Andes, Delhi, and Bovina New York. It is an almost contiguous estate with a polo field, multiple working farms, a . mountain ridge sited colonial manor house designed by Walker & Gillette, numerous dependencies, and landscaping done by Frederick Law Olmsted. That property has since been sold multiple times although it remains intact and owned by Amanresorts.〔http://www.allianceforbovina.org/AmanFactSheet_Sept07-afb.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert L. Gerry, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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