Eric Leader Pedley

{{Short description|American polo player}}

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Eric Leader Pedley (January 2, 1896 - May 9, 1986) was a champion polo player{{cite web|url=http://www.westchestercup.org/bio_eric_pedley.htm |title=Eric L. Pedley |accessdate=2011-04-03 |quote=Eric Pedley was the most famous member 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 20 Goal and the Open Championship both in 1924. ... |publisher=Westchester Cup |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302203051/http://www.westchestercup.org/bio_eric_pedley.htm |archivedate=2012-03-02 }} and mayor of Belvedere, California.{{cite web |url=https://library.sfgenealogy.org/projects/Boards/Marin_County_Obits/archive3/4649.html |title=PEDLEY, ATHERTON, MACONDRAY, GASPAR, VORHEES, HERNAN, HUNT |date=2007-04-30 |website=SFgenealogy.org |publisher=Marin Independent Journal |access-date=2022-04-18}}

Biography

He was born on January 2, 1896, in Riverside, California to William Pedley and Elizabeth Barlow Massicks. Around 1923 he married Alejandra Elena Macondray. He died on May 9, 1986, in Belvedere, California.

He earned a 9-goal handicap rating in 1930.{{Cite web|url=http://www.polomuseum.com/hall-of-fame/about|title = Hall of Fame | Polo Museum}}

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