Walter Pollard
Walter Pollard | ||
Personnel | ||
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birthday | September 26, 1906 | |
place of birth | Burnley , England | |
date of death | April 16, 1945 | |
Place of death | Burnley , England | |
position | Half-striker | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1924-1927 | Burnley FC | 20 (4) |
1929-1933 | West Ham United | 37 (3) |
1933-1934 | FC Sochaux | ? (0) |
1934 | Fulham FC | 0 (0) |
1934-1935 | Southampton FC | 23 (3) |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 (0) | |
1 Only league games are given. |
Walter Pollard (born September 26, 1906 in Burnley , † April 16, 1945 ibid) was an English football player.
Career
Pollard signed a professional contract with Burnley FC at the age of 17 in September 1924 , after he had previously been able to draw attention to himself in the Burnley Sunday School League . In 1929, the half-forward moved to West Ham United and came mainly in 1932/33, after relegation to the Football League Second Division , to regular appearances. This season he reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup with the club , in which they were defeated by Everton 1: 2.
In 1933 Pollard moved to the French Division 1 , where he joined FC Sochaux . After a year he returned to England because he could not cope with the "Gallic temperament" and probably also because in France's professional class from the 1934/35 season the maximum number of foreigners per team was reduced to three. After a season in the second division with Southampton FC , he let his career at Brighton & Hove Albion end. He found a job at the Ilford power station and coached the works team there. He died of a heart attack in 1945.
literature
- Tony Hogg: Who's Who of West Ham United . Profile Sports Media, London 2005, ISBN 1-903135-50-8 , pp. 166 f .
- Duncan Holley, Gary Chalk: The Alphabet of the Saints - A Complete Who's Who of Southampton Football Club . Polar Print Group Ltd, Leicester 1991, ISBN 0-9514862-3-3 , p. 273 .
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pollard, Walter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1906 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Burnley |
DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1945 |
Place of death | Burnley |