Owen Pool Explained

Owen Pool
Currentposition:Center
Currentnumber:13
School:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Class:Graduate
Birth Date:27 November 1903
Death Place:Georgia
Pastschools:Georgia Tech (1925–1926)
Weight Lb:155
Highschool:Boys
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Willard Owen Pool (November 27, 1903  - August 28, 1979) was an American college football player.

Early life

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

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]

Notes and References

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