William H. Poole (American football)

William H. Poole
Sewanee Tigers
Position Center
Class Graduate
Career history
College Sewanee (18991900)
Personal information
Date of birth c. 1880
Place of birth Glyndon, Maryland
Date of death June 12, 1921(1921-06-12)
Place of death Graham, Virginia
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career highlights and awards

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

  1. 1 2 Wendell Givens (2003). Ninety-Nine Iron: The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days. University of Alabama Press. pp. 32; 121.
  2. "All-Southern Eleven for 1900". Outing. Outing Publishing Company. 37: 616. 1901.
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