Tim Melvill

Teignmouth Philip Melvill, known as Tim Melvill (13 February 1877 to 12 December 1951), was an English champion polo player and the son of Teignmouth Melvill, a recipient of the Victoria Cross. He played at number one for England against the United States in the 1924 International Polo Cup. At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp he competed for Great Britain, and the British polo team defeated Spain in the final to win the gold medal. Polo is a mounted team sport in which riders hit a ball with long-handled mallets, and the Olympic tournament of 1920 was one of the few times it formed part of the Games. The Wikipedia article on him is short, so this entry is limited to what it states.