Harry Poole (rugby league)

{{Short description|Former RL coach & GB international rugby league footballer}}

{{other people||Harry Poole}}

{{other people||Henry Poole (disambiguation){{!}}Henry Poole}}

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{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Harry Poole

|fullname = Harry Poole{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=I1DfaLCJyTBWRsAiVoPqYA&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=31 July 2017|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}

|image = Harry Poole - Hull Kingston Rovers.jpeg

|imagesize = 192

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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1935|3|23}}

|birth_place = Castleford, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|1977|3|26|1935|3|23|df=y}}{{cite news|title=RL coach dies|work=The Observer|date=27 March 1977|location=London|page=23}}

|death_place = Pontefract, England

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|position = {{rlp|SR|LF}}

|club1 = Hunslet

|year1start = 1956

|year1end = 61

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|club2 = {{nowrap|Hull Kingston Rovers}}

|year2start = 1961

|year2end = 66

|appearances2 = 123

|tries2 = 27

|goals2 = 0

|fieldgoals2 = 0

|points2 = 81

|teamA = Great Britain

|yearAstart = 1964

|yearAend = 66

|appearancesA = 3

|triesA = 0

|goalsA = 0

|fieldgoalsA = 0

|pointsA = 0

|coachteam1 = Hunslet

|coachyear1start = 1969

|coachyear1end = 71

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|coachteam2 = Castleford

|coachyear2start = 1971

|coachyear2end = 72

|coachgames2 = 47

|coachwins2 = 26

|coachdraws2 = 3

|coachlosses2 = 18

|coachteam3 = {{nowrap|Hull Kingston Rovers}}

|coachyear3start = 1975

|coachyear3end = 77

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|new = yes

|retired = yes

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/harry-poole/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

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Harry Poole (23 March 1935 – 26 March 1977) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Lock Lane ARLFC (in Castleford), Hunslet and Hull Kingston Rovers (captain), as a {{rlp|sr}}, or {{rlp|lf}}, and coached at club level for Hunslet, Castleford and Hull Kingston Rovers.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/harry-poole/summary.html|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/coachprofile.php?p=coach&id=20|title=Coach Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk|publisher=thecastlefordtigers.co.uk |date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813212132/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/coachprofile.php?p=coach&id=20|archivedate=13 August 2011}}