End, Ole Miss, North Carolina and Army, 1942–48
Barney Poole
- Born
- Oct 29, 1923, in Gloster, Mississippi
- Died
- Apr 12, 2005, in Gloster, Mississippi
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Barney Poole played end at Ole Miss (1942, 1947–48), North Carolina (1943) and Army (1944–46). The New York Giants took Poole in round 6, No. 53 overall in the 1945 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: National champions, 1944, 1945 and 1946 (Army); SEC champions, 1947
All-America: UP first team 1944 and 1947; AP first team 1948; INS first team 1948; AFCA 1947; Sporting News 1947; INS second team 1944; NEA second team 1946, 1947 and 1948; UP second team 1946 and 1948; and 8 more selectors’ teams
The teams in those years
- 1942 Ole Miss2–7Unranked at the end
- 1943 North Carolina6–3Unranked at the end
- 1944 Army9–0No. 1 in the final AP poll; national champions
- 1945 Army9–0No. 1 in the final AP poll; national champions
- 1946 Army9–0–1No. 2 in the final AP poll; national champions
- 1947 Ole Miss9–2No. 13 in the final AP poll; SEC champions
- 1948 Ole Miss8–1No. 15 in the final AP poll
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | AAFC | Brooklyn-New York Yankees |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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