Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard

infobox NBA Player
name = Jim Pollard
nickname = "The Kangaroo Kid"


position = Power forward
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4
weight_lbs = 185
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date|1922|7|9
birth_place = Oakland, California, United States
death_date = death date and age|1993|1|22|1922|7|9
death_place = Stockton, California, United States
college = Stanford
career_start = 1948
career_end = 1955
former_teams = Minneapolis Lakers
halloffame = 1978

James Clifford "Jim" Pollard (July 9, 1922 – January 22, 1993) was an American professional basketball player.

In college, Pollard played for Stanford and was a key member of Stanford's 1942 national championship team (though due to illness, he did not play in the final game). In the NBA, Pollard was considered one of the best forwards in the 50s and was known for his leaping abilityCitation | last=Jackie | first=Krentzman | title=Jam boree - basketball's dunk shot; includes related articles | publisher=The Sporting News | year=1996 | date=February 12, 1996 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n7_v220/ai_17932941] (Pollard would occasionally dunk from the free throw line during warmupscite book | title = The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia, | publisher = Villard Books | date = 1994 | pages = p. 49 | isbn = 0-679-43293-8] ) earning him the nickname "The Kangaroo Kid".

In 1952, players who had performed in the NBA since its inception (originally known as the BAA) selected Pollard as the best player of the periodcite web | title=James C. "Jim" Pollard|url=http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/Pollard.htm| accessdate=2007-12-25] . Pollard teamed with George Mikan and Vern Mikkelsen for the Minneapolis Lakers, forming one of the best frontcourts in basketball history. The Lakers won five NBA titles between 1949 and 1954.

Pollard ended his career after seven seasons in the NBA in 1955. He went on to coach La Salle University men's basketball for three seasons from 1955-1958, compiling a record of 48-28.

Pollard coached the Minnesota Muskies of the American Basketball Association in 1967 and 1968. He then coached The Floridians of the same league in 1968 and 1969.

Pollard was considered an exceptional all-around athlete. During his NBA career, Pollard also played amateur baseball for Jordan, Minnesota's Town Team baseball club. He was reputed to be "a good pitcher and a powerful hitter." It was there that Pollard famously "hit a ball that didn't stop until it got to Chicago," because it landed in a gondola car in a freight train passing by the ballpark. [Town Ball, the Glory Days of Minnesota Amateur Baseball, Armand Peterson and Tom Tomashek, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis and London, page x (introduction), ISBN 0-8166-4675-9]

ee also

*List of National Basketball Association players with most championship rings

External links

* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pollaji01.html BasketballReference.com: Jim Pollard (as player)]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/pollaji01c.html BasketballReference.com: Jim Pollard (as coach)]
* [http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/Pollard.htm Basketball Hall of Fame: Jim Pollard]

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