Dennis Pollard

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Dennis Pollard
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1934-11-05) 5 November 1934 (age 90)
Hendon, England
Sport
Sport Boxing
Event
Light-heavyweight
ClubFitzroy Lodge ABC
Metropolitan Police

Dennis E. Pollard (born 1934), is a male former boxer who competed for England.

Biography

A policeman by trade, he represented the Metropolitan Police and Fitzroy Lodge Amateur Boxing Club.

Pollard was part of the 1961 British team, which was labelled "the greatest win ever for a Great Britain team" after defeating the United States team ten bouts to nil. [1]

He represented the 1962 English team [2] [3] at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia. [4] He competed in the light-heavyweight category, [5] where he lost to Jojo Miles of Ghana in the quarter-final round. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "On this day: The greatest ever win for the British amateur team". Boxing News. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ↑ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ↑ "Boxers for Empire Games" . Staffordshire Sentinel. 18 August 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 25 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "England Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games - Perth, Australia - November 22 - December 1 1962". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
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