William Henry Poole (February 19, 1876 – June 12, 1921) was a college football player while a divinity student, and later a minister.

[1][2] He was born on February 19, 1876, in Tallahassee, Florida, to Augusta Jane Anderson and William Gaither Poole.

[2] In 1899 he was a member of the "Iron Men" of 1899 who went undefeated, winning five road games in six days all by shutout.

One source reported Poole "drank heavily" on the one day off.

[5] He became assistant at Christ Church, Cincinnati, in 1906,[6] and while there he married Shirley Nelson Morgan.