Fritz Pollard, Jr.
Fritz Pollard (actually Frederick Douglass Pollard Jr .; born February 18, 1915 in Springfield , Massachusetts , † February 14, 2003 in Washington, DC ) was an American hurdler whose special route was the 110-meter distance .
The son of the Afro-American American football pioneer Fritz Pollard already distinguished himself at the Nicholas Senn High School in athletics and American football . As a student at the University of North Dakota , he qualified for the Olympic Games in Berlin , where he won bronze behind his compatriot Forrest Towns and the British Don Finlay . 1938 was nominated to the All-American football selection.
Pollard later headed the US State Department's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity .
Web links
- Fritz Pollard in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Afia Ohemena: The Forgotten Pollard . Rogers Park / West Ridge Historical Society website . October 26, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pollard, Fritz Jr. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pollard, Frederick Douglass junior (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hurdler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Springfield , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 2003 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |