Ted Pool
| 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 (?) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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]
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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