John Beverly Pollard

John Beverly Pollard
	Pollard c. 1903
Virginia Cavaliers
Position	Quarterback
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	November 9, 1880; Aylett, Virginia
Died:	October 2, 1960 (aged 79); Annapolis, Maryland
Weight	145 lb (66 kg)
Career history
College	Virginia (1902–1905)
Career highlights and awards
	Southern championship (1902); All-Southern (1902, 1903, 1904);

John Beverly Pollard (November 9, 1880 – October 2, 1960) was a college football player and surgeon in the US Navy Medical Corps.

Early years

John Beverly Pollard was born November 9, 1880 in Aylett, Virginia to E. S. Pollard, Esq.^[1]

Pollard was an All-Southern quarterback for the Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia,^[2] and a member of the Virginia Glee Club.^[3]^[4] He also played on the baseball teams. At Virginia he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Pollard was known for his speed.^[5] He mentored the backup Oscar Randolph.^[6] He was once University Demonstrator of Anatomy.^[1] After university he became a captain and surgeon in the US Navy Medical Corps.

Pollard would go on to serve as a co-head coach at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina.^[7]

^ ^a ^b Vignettes. Vol. 1. p. 70.
^ "District III". Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. 19: 219. 1904.
^ "Catalog of Students". University of Virginia annual announcements, with a catalog of the officers and students of the University of Virginia: 43. 1903–1904.
^ Corks and Curls. 1904. p. 132.
^ "Football in the South". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 97.
^ "Virginia? Carolina?". The Cavalier Daily. November 18, 1905.
^ Quips and Cranks. Davidson College. 1908. Retrieved February 9, 2018.

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