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After the turn of the century, he and his brother Frank founded the Pollard Bros Brickyard. John M. "Red" Pollard was born in Edmonton in 1909. He spent his early years in affluence, but the family brickyard was destroyed when the North Saskatchewan River flooded in 1915, instantly throwing the family into poverty. [1]
Poverty and his injury had brought Pollard to the edge of alcoholism. A local doctor broke and reset Pollard's leg to aid his recovery, and slowly Pollard regained the confidence to sit on a horse. Wearing a brace to stiffen his atrophied leg, he began to ride Seabiscuit again, first at a walk and later at a trot and canter.
A few months later, Seabiscuit injures his leg. Pollard, still recovering from his own injury, tends to the horse as they both heal. When Seabiscuit is fit enough to race again, Howard brings him back to the Santa Anita Handicap; he is reluctant to allow Pollard to ride and risk crippling himself for life.
In November 2024, NBC4 Columbus caught up with Will's parents in the stands at an Ohio State game, where they opened up about the first time they paid attention to his natural sports skills.
A Tennessee Titans flag and a poster of Tony Pollard from his time at the University of Memphis are seen in front of a wall dedicated to Pollard at Pollard’s Bar-B-Q in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday ...
George Pollard Jr. was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Tamar Pollard (née Bunker) and George Pollard, a ship's captain, [2] at a time when the principal industry there was hunting sperm whales to harvest the oil contained in their blubber and spermaceti. [3]
Scot Pollard did have opportunities to play football. He was 6-11 and athletic in high school at Torrey Pines in San Diego, where his football coaches inquired about his interest in playing tight end.
[2] [3] His parents were both of Polish descent. His mother was born in New York, and his father was born in New Jersey. [4] Pollard's father supported his wife and Michael Jr. by working 60 hours a week as a barman at O'Rourke's Tap Room. [4] Pollard attended Montclair Academy (now Montclair Kimberley Academy) and Actors Studio in New York. [5 ...