Frederick Pollard, Jr.

Frederick Pollard, Jr.

Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard, Jr. (February 18 1915 - February 14 2003) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 110 meter hurdles.

Pollard's father was Fritz Pollard Sr., the first African American head coach in the National Football League.

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.

He later became a Foreign Service officer and retired in 1981 as the director of the State Department's overseas schools for US citizens. Fact|date=October 2007


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