Knee Pads worn by Allan Scherer while a Member on the Glenlivet Scotch Polo Team
date: label: date made
content: 1980s
name: label: user
content: Scherer, Allan D.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pair of protective knee pads that strap to the leg with two leather straps with metal buckles on the top and bottom of eaach pad. Thick shock absorbent pieces of wool padded inside each pad. These were worn by the donor, Allan Scherer, while a member of the Glenlivet Scotch Polo team in the mid 1980s. Scherer was considered one of the best college polo players in the country when he attended Stanford University. He also won many tournaments all over the world, including some in France, Pakistan, and South Africa.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Florida
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Polo
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Allan D. Scherer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0170.07
label: accession number
content: 1985.0170
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0170.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knee pads, polo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 7 in; 25.4 cm x 17.78 cm