Roy Pollard
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Roy Pollard (27 August 1927[1] – 30 October 2012Script error: No such module "Unsubst".) 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,[2] as a Template:Rlp.[3]
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Rugby league career
Club career
Pollard played rugby union for Wakefield and Huddersfield before signing for rugby league club Dewsbury in 1948.[4]
International honours
Roy Pollard won caps for England while at Dewsbury in 1949 against France, and in 1950 against Wales,[5] and won a cap for Great Britain while at Dewsbury in 1950 against New Zealand.[6]
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
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External links
- Profile at Dewsbury Heroes
Template:Great Britain squad – 1950 Australia & New Zealand tourists
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- 1927 births
- 2012 deaths
- Dewsbury Rams players
- Doncaster R.L.F.C. players
- England national rugby league team players
- English rugby league players
- English rugby union players
- Great Britain national rugby league team players
- Huddersfield R.U.F.C. players
- Rugby league players from Wakefield
- Rugby league wingers
- Rugby union players from Wakefield
- Wakefield RFC players
- Wakefield Trinity players
- 20th-century English sportsmen