Ernest Pollard (rugby league)
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Ernest "Ernie" Pollard is an English
English people
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 former professional rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 footballer of the 1930s who at representative level has played for Great Britain
Great Britain national rugby league team
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, and England
England national rugby league team
The England national rugby league team represent England in international rugby league football tournaments. The team has now seen a revival, having largely formed from the Great Britain team, who also represented Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The team is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football...

, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

, and Bradford Northern
Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....

, playing at /, i.e. number 6. Ernie Pollard's career came to a halt in October 1938 when he suffered a severe knee injury.

International honours

Ernie Pollard won caps for England
England national rugby league team
The England national rugby league team represent England in international rugby league football tournaments. The team has now seen a revival, having largely formed from the Great Britain team, who also represented Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The team is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football...

 while at Wakefield Trinity in 1932 against Wales (2 matches), and won caps for Great Britain
Great Britain national rugby league team
The Great Britain national rugby league team represents the United Kingdom in rugby league football. Administered by the Rugby Football League , the team is nicknamed "The Lions" or "Great Britain Lions"....

 while at Wakefield Trinity in 1932 against Australia (2 matches).

Genealogical Information

Ernie Pollard is the father of the Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...

 player of 1956 to '58, Anthony Pollard, the brother of the Great Britain, and Wakefield Trinity , Charles Pollard
Charles Pollard (rugby league)
Charles "Charlie" A. Pollard was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s, 20s and '30s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, playing at , i.e...

, and the uncle of the Great Britain, England, and Dewsbury
Dewsbury Rams
Dewsbury Rams RLFC is a professional rugby league club based in the West Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. They are arguably most famous for becoming Champions in 1972-73 after finishing the regular season in 8th place. In the playoffs they beat Featherstone away, Warrington away, and then Leeds in the...

  of the 1940s and '50s, Roy Pollard
Roy Pollard
Roy Pollard is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, England, and at club level for Dewsbury, playing at , i.e...

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