Lincoln University Athletics

Pollard was a coaching pioneer in the early days of athletics at Lincoln, coaching the football team for three season from 1918-1920 before going on to become one of the first African-American players in the National football league and the NFL's first African-American head coach. 
He also served as athletic director of the school's World War I era Students' Army Training Corps. During the 1918 season Pollard’s squads went undefeated earning wins against Howard University's Bisons 13–0 in their annual Thanksgiving classic as well as Hampton (7–0) on November 9, 1918 and teams of military recruits at Camp Dix (19–0) and Camp Upton (41–0).  His squads again went undefeated in 1919 and he finished his career with an .821 winning percentage (11-2-1), a mark that is still the best in Lincoln football history.  In 1920 he began play with the Akron Pros as a running back, leading the team to the NFL (APFA) Championship.  He was named co-head coach of the term in 1921. 
 
In the 1930s, Pollard founded his own professional football team, the Brown Bombers. The Depression ended the Brown Bombers’ run in 1938, and Pollard went on to other ventures, including a talent agency, tax consulting and film and music production. He produced Rockin' the Blues in 1956, which included such performers as Connie Carroll, The Harptones, The Five Miller Sisters, Pearl Woods.  Linda Hopkins, Elyce Roberts, The Hurricanes, and The Wanderers.  Pollard also published the New York Independent News from 1935 to 1942, purportedly the first black-owned tabloid in New York City.
 
Pollard passed away in 1986 and he was inducted posthumously into the Professional Football Hall of Fame  in 2005.