Roy Pollard

Roy Pollard
Personal information
Full nameRoy Pollard
Born27 August 1927
Wakefield district, England
Died30 October 2012(2012-10-30) (aged 85)[citation needed]
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–?? Wakefield RFC
19??–48 Huddersfield RUFC
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–≥50 Dewsbury
1956/57–57/58 Doncaster 24 3 0 0 9
Total 24 3 0 0 9
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1949–50 England 2 0 0 0 0
1950 Great Britain 1 1 0 0 3
Source: [1][2][3]
FatherCharlie Pollard
RelativesErnest Pollard (uncle)

Roy Pollard (27 August 1927[4] – 30 October 2012[citation needed]) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Dewsbury and Doncaster,[5] as a wing.[1]

Background

Roy Pollard's birth was registered in Wakefield district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died aged 85 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.[citation needed]

Rugby league career

Club career

Pollard played rugby union for Wakefield and Huddersfield before signing for rugby league club Dewsbury in 1948.[6]

International honours

Roy Pollard won caps for England while at Dewsbury in 1949 against France, and in 1950 against Wales,[2] and won a cap for Great Britain while at Dewsbury in 1950 against New Zealand.[3]

Genealogical information

Roy Pollard was the son of the rugby league footballer; Charles Pollard; the nephew of the rugby league footballer; Ernest Pollard; and the cousin of the Wakefield RFC player of 1956 to 1958, Anthony Pollard. Roy's brother, David, crossed codes to play rugby union. A member of the first post-war sports tour to Japan with Oxford University in 1951, he scored the only try of the 1952 varsity match, and went on to captain North Wales.

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Statistics at robterrace.com". robterrace.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. ^ "R. Pollard signs for Dewsbury". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 10 November 1948. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.