Frederick Pollard, Jr.
Olympic athlete
1915 – 2003
Who was Frederick Pollard, Jr.?
Fritz Pollard was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles.
While a student at the University of North Dakota, where he was a running back for the football team as well, Pollard Jr. competed for the United States in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin in the 110 meter hurdles where he won the bronze medal.
Pollard is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
He later became a Foreign Service officer and retired in 1981 as the director of the State Department's overseas schools for US citizens.
Pollard's father was Fritz Pollard Sr., the first African American head coach in the National Football League.
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- Born
- Feb 18, 1915
- Also known as
- Frederick Douglas Pollard Jr.
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of North Dakota
- Lived in
- Washington, D.C.
- Died
- Feb 14, 2003
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on July 23, 2013
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