| File:JohnPollard.jpg Pollard c. 1903 | |
| Virginia Cavaliers — No. N/A | |
| Quarterback | Graduate |
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| Date of birth: November 9, 1880 | |
| Place of birth: Aylett, Virginia | |
| Career history | |
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| College(s): Virginia (1902–1905) | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
*Southern championship (1902)
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John Beverly Pollard (November 9, 1880 – October 2, 1960) was a college football player and surgeon in the US Navy Medical Corps.
Early years[]
John Beverly Pollard was born November 9, 1880 in Aylett, Virginia to E. S. Pollard, Esq.[1]
University of Virginia[]
Pollard was an All-Southern quarterback for the Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia,[2] and a member of the Virginia Glee Club.[3][4] He also played on the baseball teams. At Virginia he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Pollard was known for his speed.[5] He mentored the backup Oscar Randolph.[6] He was once University Demonstrator of Anatomy.[1] After university he became a captain and surgeon in the US Navy Medical Corps.
Davidson College[]
Pollard served as a co-head coach from 1906 to 1907 at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina.[7]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vignettes. 1. p. 70. https://books.google.com/books?id=_9hKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA70#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ "District III". Caduceus of Kappa Sigma 19: 219. 1904. https://books.google.com/books?id=VwETAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA219#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ "Catalog of Students". University of Virginia annual announcements, with a catalog of the officers and students of the University of Virginia: 43. 1903–1904.
- ↑ Corks and Curls. 1904. p. 132.
- ↑ "Football in the South". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 97. https://books.google.com/books?id=3gs7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA97#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ "Virginia? Carolina?". The Cavalier Daily. November 18, 1905. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1807&dat=19051118&id=Lw0tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3GkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1224,1421961.
- ↑ Quips and Cranks. Davidson College. 1908. https://davidson.lyrasistechnology.org/islandora/object/davidson:6732#page/168/mode/1up.
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