- Owner of the NBA's Washington Wizards from 1965, when they were known as the Baltimore Bullets, until his death. Owner of the WNBA's Washington Mystics. First owner of the NHL's Washington Capitals (sold team in 1999).
- Original family name was Pollinovsky. When Pollin's father immigrated to the USA from Russia in 1913, the name was shortened by immigration officials.
- Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.
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