Maitland Pollock is a Scottish former professional association footballer. He was born in Dumfries

Dumfries

Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...

 in 1952 and grew up in Lochmaben

Lochmaben

Lochmaben is a small town in Scotland, and site of a once-important castle. It lies four miles west of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway.-Notable people:*Angus Douglas - Scottish internationalist footballer...

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Pollock was a winger who after serving as an apprentice started his senior career with Nottingham Forest in the era in the likes of Neil Martin

Neil Martin

Neil Martin is a Scottish former football player, who scored 100 league goals in both Scotland and England and won three full international caps for Scotland in the 1960s and 1970s. Known for his strength, power, bravery and commitment, Martin scored consistently in a journeyman career...

. However he never played a senior league game for Forest in his the three years he had at the City Ground as a pro.

He next was at Walsall in season 1973/74 where he played in two league games before going to non league Burton Albion. He then joined Luton Town where in 1974/75 he played six first team league games with the club in the second tier of English league football.

His next club was Portsmouth, a division below Luton where in two seasons he played 54 league games scoring 10 goals.

His last club in senior football was the team from the town of his birth, Queen of the South

Queen of the South

For other uses see Queen of the South Queen of the South is an alternative title for the Queen of Sheba. The phrase Queen of the South is used in the New Testament and is attributed to Jesus Christ....

 in Dumfries in the era of Allan Ball

Allan Ball

Allan Ball is an English former footballer. Born in Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, Ball played as a goalkeeper, spending most of his professional career with Scottish club Queen of the South. Ball made 731 first team appearances for Queens, a club record, between 1963 and 1982...

, Iain McChesney, Jocky Dempster

Jocky Dempster

John 'Jocky' Dempster is a Scottish former professional footballer.- Career :Dempster played with junior outfit Muirkirk before signing for Queen of the South F.C. at the start of the 1969-70 season....

, Crawford Boyd

Crawford Boyd

Crawford Boyd from Kilwinning is a Scottish former professional footballer.Crawford Boyd is best known for his time at Dumfries club, Queen of the South The defensive cornerstone of the 1970s returned to Queens during the promotion campaign of 1980-81 to make a total of 321 first team appearances...

 and Nobby Clark

Nobby Clark (footballer)

Nobby Clark is a former Scottish professional footballer who played for Partick Thistle and then served Queen of the South as both player and manager.With Partick Thistle, Clark scored a single goal in a 1-1 draw against Rangers...

. In season 1978/79 Pollock played 23 league games for the Palmerston Park

Palmerston Park

Palmerston Park is a multi-purpose stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, south west Scotland. The site of the ground was formerly a farm called Palmers Toun. This is on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith in Dumfries. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of...

men scoring one goal. His career in football ended at the age of 26.