Owen Poole

Owen Pool
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position Center
Class Graduate
Career history
College Georgia Tech (19251926)
High school Boys
Personal information
Weight 155 lb (70 kg)
Career highlights and awards

'Willard Owen Pool was a college football player.

College football

Pool played center for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He entered Tech in the fall of 1923, and played on the freshman team.[1] Pool was selected All-Southern in 1925 and 1926,[2] and was captain in 1926.[3] He "bested every center in the North or the South who opposed him, and left no doubt in the minds of the spectators who was the better man."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Owen Pool, Captain of '26 Tornado, South's Premier Center" (PDF). The Technique. December 18, 1925.
  2. "All Southern Grid Team Compiled By The Associated Press". Kingsport Times. November 30, 1925.
  3. "Another Center Made Captain of Georgia Tech Eleven For Next Season". The Evening Independent. January 12, 1929.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/31/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.