William Henry Poole
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| Sewanee Tigers | |
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| Position | Center |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | c. 1880 Glyndon, Maryland |
| Died: | June 12, 1921 Graham, Virginia |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Sewanee (1899–1900) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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William Henry Poole (c. 1880 – June 12, 1921) was a college football player.
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.[1]
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.[1]
1900
Poole was selected All-Southern.[2]
References
- ^ a b Wendell Givens (2003). Ninety-Nine Iron: The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days. University of Alabama Press. pp. 32, 121.
- ^ "All-Southern Eleven for 1900". Outing. 37. Outing Publishing Company: 616. 1901.
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