Herbert Edwin "Ted" Pool (9 November 1905 – 11 February 1975) was an

Australian rules Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

footballer who played with Hawthorn in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL).

Family

The son of William James Pool (1882-1934), and Harriet Jane Pool (1885-1962), née George, Herbert Edwin Pool was born at

Boulder, Western Australia Boulder is a suburb of Kalgoorlie in the Western Australian Goldfields, east of Perth. The Boulder (horse) Races were a significant event in early twentieth century goldfields region history. The town maintained its separation from Kalgoorl ...

on 9 November 1905. He married Thelma Marjorie Batten (1910-1989), one of twins, on 28 March 1934.

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

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of St. Kilda).

Camberwell (VFA)

Pool played 10 games at the age of 33 with the Camberwell Football club in 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

Footnotes

References

* Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009), ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.)'', Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing.

External links

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Ted Poole (sic), at ''The VFA Project''.
1905 births 1975 deaths Hawthorn Football Club players Camberwell Football Club players Kalgoorlie City Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Boulder, Western Australia 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1905-stub