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Owen Pool

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Owen Pool
Poole in 1925
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets – No. 13
PositionCenter
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1903-11-27)November 27, 1903
Died:(1979-08-28)August 28, 1979
Georgia
Weight155 lb (70 kg)
Career history
CollegeGeorgia Tech (1925–1926)
High schoolBoys
Career highlights and awards

Willard Owen Pool (November 27, 1903 – August 28, 1979) was an American college football player.

Early life

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Pool was born to Willard Hosea Pool on November 27, 1903. His grandfather Patrick Vickhouse Columbus Pool was an early settler of Milan, Kansas.[1]

College football

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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.[2] Pool was selected All-Southern in 1925 and 1926,[3] and was captain in 1926.[4] 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."[2]

He married Ruth Dupree.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Wellington Daily News, Saturday, June 13, 1914, page 1
  2. ^ a b "Owen Pool, Captain of '26 Tornado, South's Premier Center" (PDF). The Technique. December 18, 1925.
  3. ^ "All Southern Grid Team Compiled By The Associated Press". Kingsport Times. November 30, 1925.
  4. ^ "Another Center Made Captain of Georgia Tech Eleven For Next Season". The Evening Independent. January 12, 1929.
  5. ^ "Our all-southern family". Macon. February 15, 2024.
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