Harry Pollock Explained

Harry Pollock
Fullname:	Henry Clyde Pollock
Birth Date:	15 May 1897
Birth Place:	Richmond, Victoria
Death Place:	Parkville, Victoria
Statsend:	1926
Years1:	1923–24, 1926
Games Goals1:	16 (3)

Henry Clyde Pollock (15 May 1897 – 8 March 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of John Bell Pollock (1860-1911),^[2] and Isabella Pollock (1859-1935), née Hiddleston,^[3] Henry Clyde Pollock was born on 15 May 1897 at Richmond, Victoria.

He married Alice Isabel "Lal" Hardy (1904-1998) in 1927.

Football

Richmond (VFL)

In his seven seasons with Richmond (1920-1926) he played in 91 games with the Second XVIII, kicking 32 goals, and was the team's captain in 1925.

He also played in 16 First XVIII games, kicking 3 goals, as well as one game for a representative VFL team, at Albury, on 31 July 1926, against a combined team from the Ovens & Murray League.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

His last game for Richmond was at centre half-forward for the Second XVIII team that lost the 1926 Semi-Final to South Melbourne, 11.5 (71) to 10.18 (78), on 18 September 1926.^[9]

Ulverstone (NWFU)

Replacing Checker Hughes, who had returned to the mainland to coach Richmond, Pollock was appointed captain-coach of the Ulverstone Football Club, in Tasmania's North West Football Union in 1927,^[10] during which time he represented Tasmania at the 1927 Melbourne Carnival.^[11]

Murtoa (MWFL)

Cleared by Richmond FC to Murtoa on 25 April 1928,^[12] he transferred to the Murtoa Football Club in the Mid-Wimmera Football League.^[13] He played with Murtoa for seven seasons (1928-1933, 1935), including the 1932 Dunmunkle Football League premiership side^[14] -- 73 games, 30 goals -- was captain-coach for two seasons (1928-1929),^[15] and non-playing coach for two seasons (1933, 1935).^[16]

Death

He died at Parkville, Victoria on 8 March 1965.^[17]

See also

• 1927 Melbourne Carnival

References

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
• World War One Embarkation Roll: Gunner Henry Clyde Pollock (1018), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• World War One Nominal Roll: Corporal Henry Clyde Pollock (1018), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Warrant Officer Class 2 Henry Clyde Pollock (V360170), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• B884, V360170: World War Two Service Record: Warrant Officer Class 2 Henry Clyde Pollock (V360170), National Archives of Australia.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.712.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196220418 Deaths: Pollock, The Age, (Friday, 18 August 1911), p.1.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11858246 Deaths: Pollock, The Argus, (Tuesday, 26 November 1935), p.1.
4. Hogan (1996), pp.179, 262, 306, and 311.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3799458 Last Quarter Dash: Ovens and Murray League, (Monday, 2 August 1926), p.16.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202540553 Fast and Interesting: League 16.11 v. Ovens and Murray 13.13, The Age, Monday, 2 August 1926) p.8.
7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102295412 Football: Melbourne League v. Ovens and Murray League: A brilliant Game, The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, (Friday, 6 August 1926), p.44.
8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223338269 Ovens and Murray extends Victorian Team, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 7 August 1926), p.81.
9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243701643 Seconds Semi-Final, The Herald, (Saturday, 18 September 1926), p.3.
10. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68219374 Football: Ulverstone Club: The Annual Meeting: H. Pollock (Richmond) Appointed Coach, The (Burnie) Advocate, (Thursday, 3 February 1927), p.7.
11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129177767 Interstate Football Carnival, The (Adelaide) News, (Thursday, 11 August 1927), p.1.
12. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3927519 Football: Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, April 26 1928), p.3.
13. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224960358 'Half--Forward', "Great Improvement made by Murtoa Team: Coaching of Harry Pollock Shows Good Results", The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 26 May 1928), p.72.
14. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223816585 Murtoa's Premiership, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 24 September 1932), p.68.
15. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72606471 Football: Murtoa's Coach, The Horsham Times, (Tuesday, 26 March 1929), p.3.
16. Hogan (1996), p.179.
17. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HjpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6909%2C1572376 Deaths: Pollock, The Age, (Tuesday, 9 March 1965), p.17.