American polo player (born 1852)
Frank Joseph MacKey (March 20, 1852 in Gilboa, New York – February 24, 1927 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) was an American polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Foxhunters Hurlingham polo team which won the gold medal.[1] He also was a businessman, founding HSBC Finance in 1878.[1] In 1927, he committed suicide by shooting himself while living with a terminal illness.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Frank MacKey". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
External links
- Frank MacKey at Olympedia
- Frank MacKey at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 13, 2007)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Mackey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
