Eric Poole (footballer)

Eric Poole
Eric Poole
Personal information
Full name	Eric Poole
Date of birth	29 August 1903
Place of birth	Sassafras, Tasmania
Date of death	23 February 1968 (aged 64)
Place of death	Preston, Victoria
Original team(s)	Burnie (Tas)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1926	Camberwell (VFA)
1928–29	Yarraville (VFA)
1929	South Melbourne
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Eric Poole (29 August 1903 – 23 February 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Poole originally played with Burnie in Tasmania^[2] before moving to Victoria to play with Collingwood.^[3]^[4] He did not manage to break in to the senior team and in the middle of the season was granted a permit to move to Camberwell in the Victorian Football Association.^[5]

In 1928 he moved to Yarraville Football Club and after a successful 1928 season was recruited by South Melbourne.^[6] He played four VFL games before dropping out of the South Melbourne team and he subsequently returned to Yarraville before the end of the season.

Notes[]

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 712. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "FOOTBALL". The Advocate. Tasmania, Australia. 12 March 1926. p. 3.
^ "FOOTBALL". The Advocate. Tasmania, Australia. 1 May 1926. p. 3.
^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus (24, 874). Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1926. p. 5.
^ "FOOTBALL". The Age (22, 227). Victoria, Australia. 1 July 1926. p. 7.
^ "1929 - Melbourne's ruck tells". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 27 April 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

External links[]

Eric Poole's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Eric Poole at AustralianFootball.com

References[]

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 712. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] "FOOTBALL". The Advocate. Tasmania, Australia. 12 March 1926. p. 3.

[3] "FOOTBALL". The Advocate. Tasmania, Australia. 1 May 1926. p. 3.

[4] "FOOTBALL". The Argus (24, 874). Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1926. p. 5.

[5] "FOOTBALL". The Age (22, 227). Victoria, Australia. 1 July 1926. p. 7.

[6] "1929 - Melbourne's ruck tells". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 27 April 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

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