Ken Poole

{{Short description|American football player (born 1958)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Ken Poole

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| number = 78

| position = Defensive end

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|10|20|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Hermitage, Arkansas, U.S.

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 251

| high_school = Hermitage
(Hermitage, Arkansas)

| college = Louisiana-Monroe

| draftyear = 1981

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 126

| pastteams =

• Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|1981}})

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = GP / GS

| statvalue1 = 16 / 0

| pfr = P/PoolKe20

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Kenneth Dawayne Poole (born October 20, 1958) is a former American football defensive end for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL).{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/163735027/ | title=4-0 Dolphins have passed tests so far | work=The Miami Herald | date=August 31, 1981 | accessdate=23 January 2025}} He was drafted by the Dolphins in the fifth round (126th overall) of the 1981 NFL draft, and he played 16 games for the Dolphins in the 1981 season. He played college football at Louisiana-Monroe.{{Cite web |title=Ken Poole |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PoolKe20.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122204210/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PoolKe20.htm |archive-date=2023-01-22 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}