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Major Louis Ezekiel Stoddard (January 25, 1878 – March 9, 1948)[1] was an American 10-goal handicap polo player.[2] He participated in the 1913 and 1921 International Polo Cup.[3] He was the chairman of the United States Polo Association from 1921 to 1936.[4] He won the Junior Polo Championship, Senior Polo Championship, U.S. Open Polo Championship and the Monty Waterbury Cup twice each.[2]
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| Born | January 25, 1878 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | March 9, 1948 (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Grove Street Cemetery |
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| Occupation(s) | Businessman, polo player |
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He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 25, 1878, the son of Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard, a merchant, banker and broker, and his wife Mary deForest (Burlock) Stoddard.[1] He was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He was graduated with a B.A. from Yale University in 1899, where he had been a member of Scroll and Key.[1]
He learned polo at the New Haven Polo Club around 1900.[2]
In 1909, was he was chosen as the substitute for the American polo team at the International Polo Cup.[2] He was a substitute in the 1913 International Polo Cup and played when James Montaudevert Waterbury Jr. was injured.[2][3] He participated in the 1921 International Polo Cup.[2][3]
He was elected chairman of the United States Polo Association in 1922 and served until 1936.[2]
He was treasurer and general manager of the Beatty Starch Company in New Haven from 1899 to 1902, and subsequently was involved with mining, banking, and manufacturing firms, including the Bingham-New Haven Mining Company, Alvarado Mining and Milling Company, the New Haven Hotel Company and Factory Products Export Company, the William P. Bonbright & Company banking firm; the Fowler and Union Horsenail Co., the Marlin Arms Co., the Red River Valley Company, and the Southwest Lumber Mills.[1]
He married Rebecca McCullough Darlington on November 9, 1904, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1] They had two daughters, Elizabeth ("Betty") Stoddard in 1907, eventual wife of Fraser M. Horn,[1] and Barbara Stoddard in 1912, eventual wife of William Reed Kirkland,[1][5] and a son, Louis Ezekiel Stoddard Jr., who like his father was also prominent as a horseman and polo player.[1][6] Rebecca died of complications from childbirth on December 13, 1913.[1][7]
On April 29, 1915, in New York City, he married Mary Andrews, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Cole) Andrews. They had no children. Mary (Andrews) Stoddard died on February 22, 1945.[1][8]
He died on March 9, 1948, in Los Angeles of heart failure.[3][1] He was buried in Grove Street Cemetery.[1]
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