Walter Pollard
English footballer
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Walter Pollard (26 September 1906 – 26 July 1945) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Pollard died from a heart attack, aged 38, in 1945.[2]
 Pollard with West Ham United | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Pollard | ||
| Date of birth | 26 September 1906 | ||
| Place of birth | Burnley, England | ||
| Date of death | 26 July 1945 (aged 38) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1925–1929 | Burnley | 20 | (4) |
| 1929–1933 | West Ham United | 37 | (3) |
| 1933–1934 | Sochaux | ? | (?) |
| 1934 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| 1934–1936 | Southampton | 23 | (3) |
| 1936–1937 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 1936–1937 | Tunbridge Wells Rangers | ? | (?) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Early years
Pollard was born 26 September 1906 in Burnley Lancashire to Robert Pollard and Margaret Ellen Atkinson.[3] He was the youngest of three sons. The family lived at 55 Nairne Street in Burnley. Walter's father was a moulder of sanitary wares.[4] By 1921, aged fourteen, Walter worked as a cotton weaver for the Wood Top Manufacturing Company in Burnley. By this time, the family had moved a few doors down to 68 Nairne Street.[5]
Pollard married Gladys May Harrison in the September quarter of 1935 in West Ham.[6]
Football career
Death
Pollard died from a heart attack 26 July 1945 in Ilford, Essex. He was just 38 years old.[7]