Barney Poole

Barney Poole

File:Barney Poole - 1952 Bowman Large.jpg Poole on a 1952 Bowman football card
Date of birth	(1923-10-29)October 29, 1923
Place of birth	Gloster, Mississippi, United States
Date of death
Place of death	Gloster, Mississippi, United States
Career information
Position(s)	End
College	Mississippi North Carolina Army
NFL draft	1945 / Round: 6 / Pick: 53
Career history
As player
1949	New York Yankees (AAFC)
1950–1951	New York Yanks
1952	Dallas Texans
1953	Baltimore Colts
1954	New York Giants
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame

George Barney Poole (October 29, 1923 – April 12, 2005) was an American football end in the National Football League for the New York Yanks, the Dallas Texans, the Baltimore Colts, and the New York Giants. Poole also played football in the All-America Football Conference for the New York Yankees. Poole played college football at the University of Mississippi, where he was an All-American as an offensive and defensive end. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.

Barney Poole was preceded in the NFL by two brothers, Jim "Buster" Poole and Ray Poole, both of whom had long professional football careers. Barney Poole was one of the few players who played college football for more than four years, because his two years with the national championship Army team were not counted against his collegiate eligibility.

See also

• List of NCAA major college football yearly receiving leaders

External links

• Barney Poole at Find a Grave
• ESPN obituary