Willard Owen Pool (November 27, 1903 – August 28, 1979) was an American college football player.

His grandfather Patrick Vickhouse Columbus Pool was an early settler of Milan, Kansas.

He entered Tech in the fall of 1923, and played on the freshman team.

[4] He "bested every center in the North or the South who opposed him, and left no doubt in the minds of the spectators who was the better man.

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