Ray Poole
American football player (1921–2008)
| No. 82 | |
 Poole on a 1948 Bowman football card | |
| Born: | April 15, 1921 Gloster, Mississippi, U.S. |
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| Died: | April 2, 2008(2008-04-02) (aged 86) Gloster, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | End |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| College | Mississippi North Carolina Army |
| NFL draft | 1944, Round: 13 / Pick 125 |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1947–1952 | New York Giants |
| 1953–1954 | Montreal Alouettes (CFL) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Pro Bowls | 1 |
Ray Smith Poole (April 15, 1921 – April 2, 2008) was an American offensive and defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the New York Giants from 1947 to 1952.
Born in Gloster, Mississippi, he graduated from Crosby High School in Crosby, Mississippi, then attended the University of North Carolina before transferring to the University of Mississippi. He also played baseball and basketball at Ole Miss, where his brothers Barney and Buster also became star athletes. Ray Poole was selected by the Giants in the 13th round of the 1944 NFL Draft while he was serving three years in the Marines during World War II. He returned to play at Ole Miss before joining the NFL. He was named to the all-NFL team in 1950.
He later played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League in 1953–54, and then became an assistant coach at Ole Miss under coach Johnny Vaught. He coached at Ole Miss from 1955 to 1974, then served as head coach at Northwest Mississippi Community College for the 1979 and 1980 seasons.[1]
Poole died of cancer at age 86.
References
- ^ "Ole Miss Great Ray Poole Passes Awayl". Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
External links
- Database Football
- AP obituary Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Ray Poole at Find a Grave
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Northwest Mississippi Rangers head football coaches
- Gully (1928)
- Funchess (1929)
- No team (1930–1938)
- Doug Butler (1939)
- Lloyd White (1940)
- J. R. Newton (1941–1942)
- Stiffis (1943)
- Searcy (1944)
- F. H. Roye (1945)
- R. D. Rodgers (1946)
- Frank Davis (1947)
- Bernard Blackwell (1948–1949)
- Howard Stubbs (1950)
- Unknown (1951)
- Billy Jefferson (1952–1953)
- Unknown (1954)
- Lindy McGee (1955)
- James Jackson (1956–1958)
- James Jobe (1959–1961)
- Jimmy Vincent (1962)
- Charles Peets (1963)
- Bob Petersen (1964–1965)
- Billy Joe Cox (1966–1969)
- Ken Bramlett (1970—1974)
- A. J. Kilpatrick (1975–1978)
- Ray Poole (1979–1980)
- Bobby Franklin (1981–2004)
- Randy Pippin (2005–2007)
- Ricky Woods (2008–2012)
- Brad LaPlante (2013)
- Jack Wright (2014–2015)
- Benjy Parker (2016– )
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