Fritz Pollard, Jr.

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Olympic medal record
Men’s athletics
Competitor for the United States
Bronze	1936 Berlin	110 meter hurdles

Fritz Pollard (Frederick Douglas Pollard, Jr.; February 18, 1915 – February 15, 2003) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles.

While a student at the University of North Dakota, where he was a running back for the football team as well, Pollard Jr. competed for the United States in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin in the 110 meter hurdles where he won the bronze medal.

Pollard is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.^[1]

He later became a Foreign Service officer and retired in 1981 as the director of the State Department's overseas schools for US citizens. ^{[citation needed]}

Pollard's father was Fritz Pollard Sr., the first African American head coach in the National Football League.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Alpha Athletes at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany". Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Retrieved January 10, 2010.

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Persondata
Name	Pollard, Fritz
Alternative names	Pollard Jr., Frederick Douglas
Short description	American hurdler
Date of birth	February 18, 1915
Place of birth	Massachusetts
Date of death	February 15, 2003
Place of death	Washington, D.C.

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