 Pollard pictured in The Calyx 1913, Washington and Lee yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 22, 1872 Brentwood, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | May 2, 1957 (aged 85) Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1891–1892 | Dartmouth |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1897–1899 | Union (NY) |
| 1901 | Lehigh |
| 1902–1904 | Rochester (NY) |
| 1906–1909 | Alabama |
| 1910–1911 | Washington and Lee |
| Basketball | |
| 1901–1912 | Lehigh |
| 1910–1913 | Washington and Lee |
| Baseball | |
| 1907–1910 | Alabama |
| 1912–1913 | Washington and Lee |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1907–1910 | Alabama |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 56–43–8 (football) 95–55 (basketball) 86–31–1 (baseball) |
John William Hobbs "Doc" Pollard (February 22, 1872 – May 2, 1957) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Union College in Schenectady, New York, from 1897 to 1899, at Lehigh University in 1901, at the University of Rochester from 1902 to 1904, at the University of Alabama from 1906 to 1909, and at Washington and Lee University from 1910 to 1911, compiling a career college football record of 56–43–8. Pollard also coached baseball at Alabama from 1907–1910 and at Washington and Lee, tallying a career college baseball mark of 86–31–1.