John Pollitt

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John Pollitt
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YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1933–37 Castleford 311580119
1937–40 Featherstone Rovers 75147097
Total10621050216

John Pollitt was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played at club level for Castleford (Heritage No. 128), [1] [2] [3] and Featherstone Rovers (Heritage No. 150). [4]

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Playing career

John Pollitt made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 28 August 1937, [5] he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the archaic field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.

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References

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