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Fritz Pollard's Birth Card: The King of Clubs
The Master Leader
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Hall of Fame induction.
In the record
Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard (January 27, 1894 – May 11, 1986) was an American professional football player and coach. The birth-card coordinate for January 27 is the King of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a Hall of Fame vote.
Wikipedia summary
Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard was an American professional football player and coach. In 1921, he became the first African-American head coach in the National Football League (NFL). Pollard and Bobby Marshall were the first two African-American players in the NFL in 1920. He is also recognized as the first Black quarterback in NFL history, playing the position for the Hammond Pros in 1923. Football pioneer Walter Camp called Pollard "one of the greatest runners these eyes have ever seen."
The King of Clubs coordinate
Fritz Pollard's birthday maps to the King of Clubs (The Master Leader). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about induction and not a verdict on Fritz Pollard. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You make the intellectual call in the open and you can revise it. Life-direction language from the harvested meaning, not a biography: Your curriculum is learning that good leadership means considering other perspectives. You're learning that clarity and humility can coexist. Under-expressed language from the same harvest: You withhold the call and still believe you already know. Authority hides instead of working.
The public formula uses only month and day. Solar value equals fifty-five minus twice the month minus the day. Values one through fifty-two map onto the deck from the Ace of Hearts through the King of Spades. Solar value zero is December 31, published here as the Joker. Card Blueprints does not remap that boundary to the King of Spades on these pages. Leap-day February 29 is computed directly and is not folded onto February 28. The year of birth is unused. No reading is generated and nothing here forecasts a roster, a vote, a championship, or a career. Evidence sentences are copied from the Wikipedia extract without paraphrase. If a Hall of Fame biography or an infobox day disagrees with Wikidata, the person is omitted instead of reconciled by guesswork. Attribution stays on Wikidata, Wikipedia, and the Hall of Fame record. Gregorian day precision is required; Wikidata claims are CC0. Sitelinks and wbgetentities are the identity crosswalk. Conflicts stay uninvented. Remainder dates are not disambiguated by hand.
Fritz Pollard in the public record
In 1921, he became the first African-American head coach in the National Football League (NFL). Pollard and Bobby Marshall were the first two African-American players in the NFL in 1920. He is also recognized as the first Black quarterback in NFL history, playing the position for the Hammond Pros in 1923. Football pioneer Walter Camp called Pollard "one of the greatest runners these eyes have ever seen." Pollard was born in Chicago to John W. Pollard, a barber and Union army veteran, and Catherine Amanda Hughes Pollard, a seamstress. Pollard's siblings included advertising executive Luther J. Pollard and librarian Naomi Pollard Dobson. He attended Albert G.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Fritz Pollard (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the King of Clubs
A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Fritz Pollard, and not a forecast of induction.
Cards in Fritz Pollard's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- K♣ — Birth Card: The Master Leader
- 8♠ — Karma — Environment: The Powerful Mind
- 2♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Skeptical Partner
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- J♦ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 4♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- 8♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 6♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- Q♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 10♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 6♣ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Nurturing Creator
- 2♦ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Financial Partner
- 8♦ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Businessman
- K♠ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Master of Thought
- 3♥ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Creative Heart
- A♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Creative Pioneer
- Q♣ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Nurturing Leader
- 10♠ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Completed Mind
Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.
Clear thinking and decisive action
Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard (January 27, 1894 – May 11, 1986) was an American professional football player and coach.
Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: coach.
Also on the record
- Lane Manual Training High School in Chicago, also known as "Lane Tech," where he played football, baseball, and ran track.
- He then went to Brown University, majoring in chemistry.
- He was also initiated into the Alpha Gamma chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Brown University.
- Pollard played halfback on the Brown football team, which went to the 1916 Rose Bowl.
Other inductees with this card
- Arnie Weinmeister — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Art Monk — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Art Rooney — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Bobby Bell — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Chris Hanburger — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Dermontti Dawson — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Ed Reed — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Elroy Hirsch — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- John Stallworth — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Ken Strong — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Mike Singletary — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Steve Owen — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- 1 more inductees share this card.
FAQ
- What is Fritz Pollard's birth card?
- The King of Clubs. January 27 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict a Hall of Fame induction?
- No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast honors, character, or fate.
- Where do Fritz Pollard's dates come from?
- Birth date 1894-01-27 is Wikidata P569 at day precision (CC0, Gregorian preferred) for Fritz Pollard, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee. The Pro Football Hall of Fame ID is Wikidata P6930 (fritz-pollard). Wikipedia's day-precision infobox or lead (1894-01-27) matches. The Pro Football Hall of Fame bio day (1894-01-27) matches. Year-only dates and source conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: Wikidata CC0 (Q920035, P6930 + P569) + Pro Football Hall of Fame (fritz-pollard) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Fritz Pollard). Birth date 1894-01-27 is the Wikidata day-precision date (match).