Barney Poole

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Barney Poole
Positions:
WR , DE 		Jersey numbers:
84, 62, 83, 78
born October 29, 1923 in Gloster , Mississippi
died on April 12, 2005 , ibid
Career information
Active : 1949 - 1954
NFL Draft : 1945 / Round: 6 / Pick: 53
College :
Teams

Career statistics
Games     69
Touchdown     1
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

College Football Hall of Fame

George Barney Poole (born October 29, 1923 in Gloster , Mississippi , † April 12, 2005 , ibid) was an American American football player and coach . He played as a wide receiver and defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Giants , the New York Yanks , the Dallas Texans and the Baltimore Colts , as well as in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) with the New York Yankees .

youth

Barney Poole's father, Willie Poole, was a farmer and died when he was one year old. From then on, the three children of the family were raised by their mother Emily alone. Barney Poole came from a sports-loving family. His two older brothers, Jim and Ray Poole , and his cousin Ollie Poole and nephew Paige Cothren were also professional football players. Barney Poole visited in Crosby the high school .

Player career

College career

Barney Poole studied in 1942 after graduating from high school for a year at the University of Mississippi . He played basketball , baseball and football for the Ole Miss Rebels . In 1943 he played football at the University of North Carolina as part of his military service . His most successful years in college football were playing in the Army Black Knights of the college football team at the United States Military Academy . The Army Black Knights team featured numerous top players such as Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard . The team won the US national college championships from 1944 to 1946. Poole was voted All American in 1944 and 1946 . He continued his studies in Mississippi after his military service. Again he was active with the Ole Miss Rebels as a baseball, basketball and football player. In 1947 he won the championship of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) as a member of the football team with Charlie Conerly . He himself set two individual league records this year - one for the most passes caught in a season (52) and once for the most passes caught in a game (13). The latter record was only set in 1969. In 1947 and 1948 Barney Poole was re-elected All-American. In his senior year in college, he played in the College All-Star Game as captain of the College All-Stars against the Philadelphia Eagles . For his athletic achievements, Poole has received several awards from his college.

Professional career

Poole was already in 1945 in the sixth round in 53 out by the New York Giants drafted . His professional career began, however, only in 1949. Poole joined the New York Yankees that year, who played in the AAFC and had selected him in 1948 in the ninth round of the AAFC Draft. The AAFC had to stop playing after the 1949 season due to financial problems, whereupon Poole moved to the New York Yanks in the NFL. The Yanks moved to Dallas after the 1951 season and were renamed the Dallas Texans. Poole played in Texas for a year and then moved to the newly founded Baltimore Colts, where the later members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Don Shula , Gino Marchetti and Art Donovan were also under contract. After another year with the New York Giants, Barney Poole ended his career after the 1954 season.

Coaching career

Barney Poole coached various high school and college teams after his playing career before becoming the manager of the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson , Mississippi. Poole is buried in Roseland Cemetery in his hometown.

Honors

Barney Poole is a member of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame , the Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame, the Ole Miss Team of the Century, and the College Football Hall of Fame . The University of Mississippi named a street on the college campus after its former students, the Poole family.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barney Poole's College Awards. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 3, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lostlettermen.com  
  2. ↑ George Barney Poole (1923-2005). In: Find a Grave. Accessed March 5, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Poole, Barney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poole, George Barney (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Gloster , Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 2005
Place of death Gloster , Mississippi