Herbert Edwin "Ted" Pool (9 November 1905 – 11 February 1975)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
| Ted Pool | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Pool's football card | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Herbert Edwin Pool | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Boulder, Western Australia | ||
| Date of death | 11 February 1975 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Glen Iris, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Kalgoorlie City | ||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1926–1938 | Hawthorn | 200 (230) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| Victoria | 7 (?) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of William James Pool (1882-1934),[3] and Harriet Jane Pool (1885-1962), née George, Herbert Edwin Pool was born at Boulder, Western Australia on 9 November 1905.[4]
He married Thelma Marjorie Batten (1910-1989), one of twins, on 28 March 1934.[5][6]
Football edit
Hawthorn (VFL) edit
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) edit
Pool played 10 games at the age of 33 with the Camberwell Football club in 1939.[7]
Death edit
Ted Pool died at Glen Iris on 11 February 1975 and is buried at Fawkner Memorial Park.
Honours and achievements edit
- Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1933
- Hawthorn Hall of Fame
- Hawthorn life member
See also edit
Footnotes edit
- ^ "Hawthorn Football Club Hall of Fame". Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2009).
- ^ Deaths: Pool, The Argus, (Friday, 18 May 1934), p.1.
- ^ 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
- ^ Miss Thelma Marjorie Batten, (Wednesday, 28 March 1934), p.34.
- ^ Weddings: Pone (sic)—Batten, Table Talk, (Thursday, 26 April 1934), p.38.
- ^ "Change for Pool". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. 15 March 1939. p. 28. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
References edit
- 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 edit
- Ted Pool's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ted Pool at AustralianFootball.com
- Ted Poole (sic), at The VFA Project.
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