Herbie Pennell


Alfred G. "Herbie" Pennell was an American polo player and long-time manager of the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club in Palm Beach, Florida.

As a polo player

In the 1950s and '60s, Pennell was a renowned polo player, handicapped at 6 outdoors and 8 indoors. He won the Indoor Twelve Goal in 1955, the Delegates and Monty Waterbury Cups in 1956, the U.S. Arena Chairman's Cup six times, three Senior Championships in 1952, 1956, 1957, the 1952 Inter-circuit Cup, and the 1948 Chairman's Cup.

As a polo club manager

In the 1970s and '80s, he was the club manager of the Meadowbrook Polo Club, the Blind Brook Polo Club, the Squadron A Armory Polo Club and the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club.

Legacy

The Herbie Pennell Cup is named for him. In 2012, he received the Philip Iglehart Award from the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida.