Harry Poole

For the rugby league footballer, see Harry Poole (rugby league). For the American labour union leader, see Harry R. Poole.

Harry Poole
Personal information
Full name Henry Poole[1]
Date of birth (1935-01-31)31 January 1935[1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 25 September 2023(2023-09-25) (aged 88)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Half back, forward
Youth career
Carmountside Youth Club
Milton Youth Club
National Association of Boys' Clubs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1968 Port Vale 451 (73)
1968–1969 Sandbach Ramblers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Poole (31 January 1935 – 25 September 2023) was an English professional footballer noted for his swerving free kicks. Primarily a half back, he had the third highest number of appearances for Port Vale. He made 499 league and cup appearances for the club in a fifteen-year association from 1953 to 1968. Whilst Poole was at the club, the "Valiants" won the Fourth Division title in 1958–59.

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  2. ^ "Portsmouth v Port Vale, 1967". onevalefan.co.uk. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2020.