Hall of Fame
Mr. Pollard, who resides in Silver Spring, Md., is a native of Chicago and was the son of Brown University star and later National Football Hall of Fame, Fritz Pollard. He currently is an officer in the U.S. Department of State. He was a great triple-threat football star, earning all conference honors three times, 1936-38, and was named to the Little All America team in 1938. He was a great hurdler, but won his reputation as a Sioux footballer, competing only sporadically as a trackman. However, he was a member of the 1936 U.S. Olympic track team, winning a bronze medal in the high hurdles in the 1936 Olympic Games at Berlin, Germany, despite a serious leg injury suffered aboard ship en route to Berlin. He served for many years as an outstanding official in the Chicago parks and recreation program before assuming his State Department duties in the 1960's.
