Ted Pool
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1905}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Ted Pool
| image = Ted Pool card.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Pool's football card
| fullname = Herbert Edwin Pool
| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|11|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Boulder, Western Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|02|11|1905|11|09|df=yes}}
| death_place = Glen Iris, Victoria
| originalteam = Kalgoorlie City
| height = 165 cm
| weight = 65 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1938
| years1 = 1926–1938
| club1 = Hawthorn
| games_goals1 = 200 (230)
| sooteam1 = Victoria
| soogames_goals1 = 7 (?)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Herbert Edwin "Ted" Pool (9 November 1905 – 11 February 1975){{cite web |url=http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/Hall%20of%20Fame/tabid/4821/default.aspx |title=Hawthorn Football Club Hall of Fame |accessdate=2009-04-10}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2009).
Family
The son of William James Pool (1882-1934),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10937844 Deaths: Pool, The Argus, (Friday, 18 May 1934), p.1.] and Harriet Jane Pool (1885-1962), née George, Herbert Edwin Pool was born at Boulder, Western Australia on 9 November 1905.http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/F/family_history.aspx?uid=8948-7352-6630-2234 Pool is registration number 925 in 1905 in district of Boulder
He married Thelma Marjorie Batten (1910-1989), one of twins, on 28 March 1934.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243319247 Miss Thelma Marjorie Batten, (Wednesday, 28 March 1934), p.34.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page17649845 Weddings: Pone (sic)—Batten, Table Talk, (Thursday, 26 April 1934), p.38.]
Football
=Hawthorn (VFL)=
Pool was a rover, and by playing 200 games of VFL football he became the first West Australian-born player to reach that milestone.
Despite his ability, playing for Victoria seven times, Hawthorn were a very poor team during his career.
Pool is (as of 2014) one of only five players in the AFL/VFL to play 200 games or more without playing a final (the others are Steve Smith and Gary Hardeman of Melbourne and Geoff Cunningham and Trevor Barker of St. Kilda).
=Camberwell (VFA)=
Pool played 10 games at the age of 33 with the Camberwell Football club in 1939.{{cite web |title=Change for Pool |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12107697 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=The Argus |access-date=9 December 2020 |pages=28 |date=15 March 1939}}
Death
Ted Pool died at Glen Iris on 11 February 1975 and is buried at Fawkner Memorial Park.
Honours and achievements
- Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1933
- Hawthorn Hall of Fame
- Hawthorn life member
See also
Footnotes
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References
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.), Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-921496-00-4}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{AFL Tables | T/Ted_Pool }}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=ted%2Bpool/4534}}
- [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Poole,_Ted.php Ted Poole (sic), at The VFA Project.]
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Category:Hawthorn Football Club players
Category:Camberwell Football Club players
Category:Kalgoorlie City Football Club players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Boulder, Western Australia
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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