Best Polo Player of All Time

There has been some interesting discussion about who is the best polo player of all time.  Personally, I would have thought that Adolfo Cambiaso would be the obvious choice of almost everybody.  But it is not so.  Other very knowledgeable people have their own ideas of who is the best.  Two other names have come up already, Juan Carlos Harriott of Argentina, who won no fewer than 20 Argentine Opens!, and Cecil Smith of Texas who was a 10-goal player for 25 years!.  Personally I like all three of these great players, although in different ways.  Perhaps we can learn something from each of them.  But there is one who is my personal all-time favorite, and I will talk about him first.  Please feel free to post your own personal favorites.  Maybe we all can learn something.

GB

 

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Permalink Reply by GB Polo on June 3, 2012 at 20:03

That makes a lot of sense. I wonder if there is anyone who is both a great individual player and a great team player. Is it possible to be both?

Permalink Reply by mauricio sordelli on June 4, 2012 at 3:29

completamente de acuerdo, además si lo dijo alberto pedro, no hay discusión. y es una buena forma de hacer compartir el podio a los dos más grandes.

afortunadamente los vía jugar (y muchos torneos, eh) a los 2 y a todos los monstruos que compartieron cancha con ellos: horacio (p), alberto pedro, alfredo h, gonzalo tanoira, daniel gozalez, frankie, memo, g piers, ernesto trotz, horacito, gonzalo heguy (que jugador !!), nachi - mi monstruo preferido- pepe en sus buenas épocas, el ruso cuando fue el mejor del mundo, bauti - ni que hablar -, marcos -el más virtuoso lejos-, chapa 1 jugando al polo: lo mejor que ví !!!, miguel novillo marcando el ritmo, milo poniendo todo, facu, gonzalito, sebastián - otro monstruo., la calidad de pite, pablito y hoy: juanma lejos lo más sobrio que vi en mi vida. que placer !!!!, por dios. somos privilegiados.

Permalink Reply by GB Polo on June 4, 2012 at 11:32

Mauricio....  hahaha...   you just named a lot of polo players, including a couple of "monsters" I've never heard of before.  Why don't you tell us a little bit about them... one at a time... in English please... with photographs... and possibly videos...  por favor!!!

Otherwise most of us may never know how great they are.

There is no rush.  One a week will be fine.  ;-)

GB

Permalink Reply by GB Polo on June 4, 2012 at 23:20

Okay, let's try to break this down.  Who are these players?  When did they play?  Why are they considered to be great?  Are there any others?

horacio (p),

alberto pedro,

alfredo h,

gonzalo tanoira,

daniel gozalez,

frankie,

memo,

g piers,

ernesto trotz,

horacito,

gonzalo heguy (que jugador !!),

nachi - mi monstruo preferido- pepe en sus buenas épocas, el ruso cuando fue el mejor del mundo,

bauti - ni que hablar -,

marcos -el más virtuoso lejos-,

chapa 1 jugando al polo: lo mejor que ví !!!,

miguel novillo marcando el ritmo, milo poniendo todo,

facu,

gonzalito,

sebastián - otro monstruo., la calidad de pite,

pablito y hoy:

juanma lejos lo más sobrio que vi en mi vida. que placer !!!!, por dios. somos privilegiados.

All of these names may be very familiar to everyone in Argentina, but to the rest of us it's like "Quien sabe?"   Maybe you can help us learn something, Mauricio.

GB

Permalink Reply by mauricio sordelli on June 5, 2012 at 3:31

Some awesomes 10 hcps:

horacio (p),  Horacio Heguy (padre) campeón con Coronel Suarez cerca de 19 AOs, father of the 4 chapa 1' s guys(all of them 10 hcp)- 60's and 70´s

alberto pedro Heguy. campeón con Coronel Suares cerca de 17 AOs, jugó 25 AO s!!! father of the 3 chapa 2 guys (all of them 10 hcp)- 60´s 70´and 80´s

alfredo h, alfredo harriot 60´s and 70´s. wons AOs cerca de 15 times.

gonzalo tanoira, 70´s . never won AO. excelent player. former president of AAPolo

daniel gozalez,70s and 80s. won with santa ana and with coronel suarez.

frankie, dorignac . 60s and 70s . won with santa ana. former president of AAPolo

memo, gracida . mexican outstanding player. won with la espadaña. 70s and 80s

gonzalo  pieres, won with la espadaña and ellerstina. 70s 80s and 90s. father of the 3 ellerstina guys, and manager of the team.

ernesto trotz,won with la espadaña. 70s and 80s

horacito heguy 80s and 90s and 00 s. awesome n°3 of chapa 1 won 4 AOs or 5

gonzalo heguy (que jugador !!), 80s and 90s and 00 s. awesome n°2 of chapa 1 won 4 AOs. RIP

nachi - mi monstruo preferido- Ignacio Heguy n° 2 of chapa 2 won 4 AOs. 90s and 00s

pepe en sus buenas épocas, el ruso cuando fue el mejor del mundo,Alberto Pedro Heguy (H) n° 1 of chapa 2 won 4 AOs. 90s and 00s

el ruso cuando fue el mejor del mundo, Eduardo Heguy n° 4 of chapa 2 won 4 AOs. 90s and 00s

bauti - ni que hablar -, Bautista heguy 4 AOs with chapa 1. perhaps the most talented of any time.

marcos -el más virtuoso lejos-, Marcos Heguy virtuosity. 5 AOs with chapa 1. one of my best

chapa 1 jugando al polo: lo mejor que ví !!!, The best polo of any era: the team of Indios Chapaleufú - Marlboro

miguel novillo astrada marcando el ritmo, 00s. La Aguada, 1 AOs

milo poniendo todo, Milo Fernandez Araujo, chapa 2. 3 AOs. 90s 00s

facu,Facundo Pieres . Ellerstina Now. awesome player 1 AOs

gonzalito,Gonzalo Pieres (h). Ellerstina Now. awesome player 1 AOs

sebastián - otro monstruo., Sebastian Merlos 90s 00s 1 AOs with la dolfina

la calidad de pite,Juan Ignacio Merlos 90s 00s 1 AOs with la dolfina

pablito y hoy: Pablo Mc Donough 00s. 2 AOs with ellerstina and la dolfina. the best stick and ball player.

juanma lejos lo más sobrio que vi en mi vida. que placer !!!!,Juan Martin Nero , my favourite now,  2 AOs with ellerstina and la dolfina.. N°4. hard, very hard, good horseman, the best defender.

por dios. somos privilegiados.

Permalink Reply by GB Polo on June 5, 2012 at 4:00

Great work Mauricio!  Now we need to find out more about these guys!  When did they start riding?  How did they learn the game?  How did they train?  How did they choose their horses?  Their teammates?  All of this goes into the total package.  Any information, interviews, articles, videos, photographs, etc., would be great.

Permalink Reply by mauricio sordelli on June 5, 2012 at 6:10

It´no easy, there is a lot of history and a lot of families and brands all around the country close with the polo game.

Each player has a private history and usually aren´t public.

but, in the next page:

:http://www.poloargentino.com/todos_anuarios.html 

there are (at the bottom) all the Anuarios (or Anual Magazines) of the Polo Argentino Breeders. In the last pages of each Anuario there are los of stories of players translated into English.

Dear GB please try it and then let me know your opinion.

Good luck, and enjoy it !!!

Permalink Reply by mauricio sordelli on June 5, 2012 at 6:17

Dear GB

in the same Page (:http://www.poloargentino.com/todos_anuarios.html )you can also find the Polo Argentino Revistas plenty of good papers and stories, pictures, horses pedigrees and awards,  and so on, but only in spanish...

remember my words "polo is in spanish...."

regards

Permalink Reply by GB Polo on June 5, 2012 at 6:55

remember my words "polo is in spanish...."

You are a great friend, Mauricio, and a great ambassador for the sport of polo. But I think the best polo is not in Spanish or English or any words of any language, but in UNFORGETTABLE IMAGES.  

And the best image is the winning shot.  ;-)

GB

Permalink Reply by GB Polo on June 5, 2012 at 7:01

That looks great.  Thanks, Mauricio!

Permalink Reply by Sani Umar on June 6, 2012 at 1:25

wow!!! truely and graciously awesome. On the last 2 pablo and juanma, we have the same opinion mauricio.

Permalink Reply by jewels on August 22, 2012 at 10:32

it IS a team sport...

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