Position Center Place of birth Glyndon, Maryland Date of birth c. 1880 | College Sewanee (1899–1900) Class Graduate Name William Poole | |
Date of death June 12, 1921(1921-06-12) | ||
William Henry Poole (c. 1880 – June 12, 1921) was a college football player.
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Sewanee
Poole was a prominent center for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South, a small Episcopal school in the mountains of Tennessee. At Sewanee he studied theology.
1899
He was a member of the "Iron Men" of 1899 who went undefeated, winning five road games in six days all by shutout. One sourced reported Poole "drank heavily" on the one day off.
1900
Poole was selected All-Southern.
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William H. Poole (American football) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA