Jim Pollard
James Clifford Pollard (born July 9, 1922 in Oakland , California , † January 22, 1993 in Stockton , California), called The Kangaroo Kid , was an American basketball player between 1947 and 1955. Pollard won six at the side of George Mikan Championships for the Minneapolis Lakers team in the National Basketball League (1948), the Basketball Association of America (1949) and the National Basketball Association (1950, 1952–1954). Pollard was 1.93 m tall and played in the position of small forward .
His outstanding college career at Stanford University , with which he 1942 the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship won, he had to because of the Second World War interrupted as he for the US Coast Guard was drafted that in wartime the so-called "Ministry of Defense", the US Navy , subordinate. He served in the Pacific theater with Charlie "Dutch" Hoefer . Both played service basketball on the same team . After the war, Pollard first played for the amateur athletic union teams of the San Diego Dons (1945/46) and the Oakland Bittners (1946/47) before joining the Lakers in 1947. While with the Lakers, he graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1954 . He ended his professional career in 1955 with 6,522 points scored in 497 games. It owes its nickname to its extraordinary bounce: It was said that he could place a quarter of a dollar on the top edge of the backboard.
After his active career, Pollard worked as a college and NBA coach.
See also
Web links
- Jim Pollard in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . On: Hoophall website; Springfield, MA, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017 (in English).
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| SURNAME | Pollard, Jim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pollard, James Clifford (full name); The Kangaroo Kid (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oakland , California, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1993 |
| Place of death | Stockton , California, USA |