Northrup Rand Knox, American Banker. World court tennis champion, 1959-1969. Board of directors Hitchcock Foundation, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy; Chairman, Board Of Directors Seymour H. Knox Foundation.
Background
His father Seymour H. Knox II and grandfather Seymour H. Knox I also served as chairmen. He was born on December 24, 1928 in Buffalo, New York and attended the Aiken Preparatory School in Aiken, South Carolina and Saint Paul"s School in Concord, New Hampshire.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1950;
student, Cornell Univercity, 1952.
Career
Knox is the third generation of the Knox family to serve as chairman of Marine Midland Bank and its predecessors. He was also a past chairman of the Buffalo Sabres. He was chairman and governor of the United States Polo Association.
He was a 1950 graduate of Yale University.
The only amateur polo player in the postwar era to reach an eight-goal rating, he captained the United States team in the challenge for the Cup of the Americas in 1966 and 1969 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, distinguishing himself as one of America"s finest offensive players. With his legendary group of mares, known as the "4 Rs" (Ragamuffin, Rotallen, Ravanelle and Roulette), Norty was generally recognized as the best mounted player in the United States at that time.
After playing those ponies in the 1969 Cup of the Americas he was also considered the best mounted player in Argentina as well. He was inducted into the Polo Hall of Fame in 1994.
He held the title until 1969, when he retired, undefeated.
Buffalo Sabres
In 1968, the National Hockey League Board of Governors rejected their agreement to move the Oakland Seals to Buffalo pending league approval. Finally, on December 2, 1969 the league announced its decision to expand to Buffalo and Vancouver for the 1970-1971 season. Knox was a principal owner of the Buffalo Sabres from their foundation as a National Hockey League franchise in 1970 until a few months before his death.
Buffalo Sports
The Knox Brothers were the impetus behind the establishment of the Buffalo Bandits of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League in 1991 and the Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League in 1992.
The brothers also brought their vision of a state of the art sports and entertainment complex originally named the Marine Midland Arena and now called the First Niagara Center to life. The 20,000 seat complex was completed in 1996 and is located at 1 Seymour H. Knox, III Plaza on the waterfront in downtown Buffalo.
lieutenant is the home of the Buffalo Sabres and the Buffalo Bandits as well as the former home of the Buffalo Blizzard and Buffalo Destroyers of the Arena Football League. Death
He died on July 23, 1998 in East Aurora, New New York
Northrup"s wife Lucetta died on October 12, 2008 after a long illness.
The Knox brothers, who brought major league hockey to Buffalo, were inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 1992 and into the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame in 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Hitchcock Foundation, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. Chairman, Board Of Directors Seymour H. Knox Foundation.
Connections
Married Lucetta Crisp, June 21, 1950. Children— Linda Gilbert Knox McLean, Northrup Rand Junior.