From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American hurdler (1915?2003)
Fritz Pollard Jr.
(February 18, 1915 – February 14, 2003) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the
110 metre hurdles
, winning a bronze model at the
1936 Summer Olympics
in
Berlin
.
Biography
[
edit
]
Pollard's father was
Fritz Pollard Sr.
, the first African American head coach in the
National Football League
.
[1]
While a student at the
University of North Dakota
, Pollard Jr. was a running back for the
football
team. He was "picked All North Central Conference in 1937 and 1938, and was a Collier's Magazine Little All-America selection in football in 1938."
[2]
He also competed as a member of the university's varsity boxing team. Pollard competed for the United States in the
1936 Summer Olympics
in
Berlin
in the 110 meter hurdles, winning the bronze medal.
[3]
In 2016, the 1936 Olympic journey of the eighteen Black American athletes, including Pollard, was documented in the film
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
.
[4]
As a student, Pollard majored in physical education, joined the
Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity, and received his bachelor's degree in 1939, becoming one of the first two African Americans to graduate from the University of North Dakota.
[1]
[5]
He went on to earn a law degree from
John Marshall Law School
in
Chicago
. He also served in the U.S. Army as a special services officer during World War II.
[2]
After a stint working in the Chicago parks and recreation department, he became a
Foreign Service officer
and retired in 1981 as the director of the State Department's overseas schools for US citizens.
[2]
Pollard Jr. was predeceased by his daughter Cheryl Pollard and survived by his son Fritz D. Pollard III (1955-2022),
[6]
and two grandchildren Meredith Kaye Russell and Marcus Stephan Pollard.
References
[
edit
]
Greek bibliography
: Andreou,Evangelos:
"The star of champion shone..."
Ed. EUARCE 2011 (
"Frederick "Fritz" Pollard" p.30
) Ευ?γγελο? Ανδρ?ου,
Το αστ?ρι του πρωταθλητ? ?ναψε... / ο βαλκανιον?κη? του μεσοπολ?μου Γι?ννη? Σκιαδ??
, EUARCE 2011
ISBN
978-960-99566-0-4
(
"Φρεντερ?κ Πολ?ρντ/Frederick "Fritz" Pollard" σ.30
)
External links
[
edit
]
|
---|
Qualification
| | |
---|
Men's track
and road athletes
| |
---|
Men's field athletes
| |
---|
Women's track athletes
| |
---|
Women's field athletes
| |
---|
Non-competing relay pool members
| |
---|
Coaches
| |
---|