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Occupation
  
Polo Player


Name
  
Sunny Hale

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Parent(s)
  
Sue Sally Hale & Alex Hale

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Sunset "Sunny" Hale (December 30, 1968, Carmel, California – February 26, 2017, Norman, Oklahoma) was a professional polo player and one of the few women to play on pro teams consisting almost entirely of men.

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In 2000, she was on the winning team in the U.S. Open Polo Championship, becoming the first woman to do so. At the time of the 2000 championship, she outranked 96 percent players in the world, including men.

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Described as "the most famous female polo player in the world", she was active in developing women's polo. She was named the most valuable female polo player seven times, and has been called "the most influential person in where women’s polo is today."

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Sunny's mother, Sue Sally Hale, competed as a polo player 1950s/60s disguised as a man. Sunny's father was Alex Hale.

Sunny Hale was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Fame in 2012.

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Death

Sunny Hale died at age 48 from complications from breast cancer on February 26, 2017.

References

Sunny Hale Wikipedia