30 Facts About Joshua Crane

Joshua Crane was an American athlete who participated in a number of sports, including court tennis, golf, and polo.

Joshua Crane was a four time United States court tennis champion and was on the team that made the finals of the 1904 US Open Polo Championship.

Joshua Crane was the fourth member of his family to have the name Joshua Crane.

Joshua Crane's grandfather was an iron merchant and his father worked for Enoch and George Francis Train, the United States Department of the Treasury, and the Michigan Central and Eastern Railroads.

Joshua Crane graduated from Brookline High School in 1886, Harvard College in 1890 and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in electrical engineering in 1892.

In 1906, Joshua Crane was defeated in the national semi-finals by Jay Gould II.

Joshua Crane returned to the final in 1907,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913, and 1915 but was beaten by Gould each time.

Joshua Crane won the tournament in 1916 and 1917, but was defeated in the challenge round by the reigning champion, Gould.

In 1916 Crane lost to Clarence C Pell in the finals of the Gold Racquet tournament.

Joshua Crane played polo for the Dedham Polo and Country Club, Point Judith Country Club, Meadowbrook Polo Club, Rockaway Hunting Club, and Cooperstown Country Club.

Joshua Crane was a member of the 1904 Freebooters team that made it to the finals of the 1904 US Open Polo Championship.

Joshua Crane served as the referee and umpire for the International Polo Cup.

On March 14,1907, Harvard Crimson football captain Bartol Parker offered Joshua Crane, who had never played football at the varsity level, the position of head coach.

Joshua Crane appeared in numerous golf tournaments in the United States, France, and Great Britain.

Joshua Crane competed in The Open Championship and played in the Amateur Championship from 1926 to 1933.

Joshua Crane competed in a number of regattas hosted by the Beverly Yacht Club.

Joshua Crane won the Buzzard's Bay championship from 1907 to 1912.

Joshua Crane's team made it to the quarterfinals of the 1933 eastern bridge championship.

Joshua Crane was a proponent of the simple game of contract over a game of conventions and systems.

On March 30,1913, Joshua Crane struck a telephone pole in Middleboro, Massachusetts while driving from his home, Fox Hill Farm, in Westwood, Massachusetts to his summer home in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

Joshua Crane died from her injuries on April 16,1913.

In 1914, Crane married Katherine Symes, daughter of George G Symes, in her hometown of Denver.

Joshua Crane's brother, John Foster Symes, was a polo teammate of Crane's.

In 1914, Joshua Crane purchased No Man's Land for use as a summer home and fish and game preserve.

In 1952 Joshua Crane sold the island to the United States Navy.

In 1933, Crane was a witness in the civil trial between Arthur Mason and Frederick H Prince.

Emery Joshua Crane, born in 1901, died in San Diego, California in an accident at the Willite Confection Company in 1924.

Alexander Joshua Crane was a craftsman and artist who died in 1953.

Joshua Crane died on December 7,1964, at the age of 95.

Joshua Crane was survived by daughters Priscilla Crane, Catherine Trowbridge, and Margery ter Weele.