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.
Early years
Pollard was born 26 September 1906 in Burnley Lancashire to Robert Pollard and Margaret Ellen Atkinson. 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. 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.
Pollard married Gladys May Harrison in the September quarter of 1935 in West Ham.
Football career
Death
Pollard died from a heart attack 26 July 1945 in Ilford, Essex. He was just 38 years old.
References
External links
- West Ham United statistics
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939.
