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.

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

He was buried in Mount Evergreen Cemetery in Jackson, Michigan.