Hamp Pool
| Position: | End |
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | March 11, 1915 |
| Place of birth: | San Miguel, California |
| Date of death: | May 26, 2000 (aged 85) |
| Place of death: | Mariposa, California |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 221 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Paso Robles (CA) |
| College: | California, Army, Stanford |
| NFL Draft: | 1940 / Round: 9 / Pick: 77 |
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| 2× NFL All-Star (1940, 1941) | |
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| Regular season: | 26–19–2 (.574) |
| Postseason: | 0–1 (.000) |
| Career: | 26–20–2 (.563) |
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Hampton John "Hamp" Pool (March 11, 1915 – May 26, 2000) was an American football player, coach and scout who was part of two National Football League (NFL) championship teams during his playing career and served as head coach for three professional teams.
Pool graduated from Paso Robles High School in Paso Robles, California in 1933, and played for the University of California, Berkeley's freshman football team that fall. After entering the United States Military Academy for one year, he returned to resume his career at Stanford University, playing as an end, and also performing for the school's track team.
In the 1940 NFL Draft, he was a seventh round draft pick of the Chicago Bears and played four seasons with the Windy City team. During that stretch, he played at both fullback and end, catching 35 passes for 840 yards and scoring 11 touchdowns. His efforts helped the team to NFL titles in both 1940 and 1941, with Pool scoring one of the Bears' nine touchdowns in the 73–0 thrashing of the Washington Redskins in the 1940 title tilt. In 1942, the Bears were undefeated during the regular season, but were upset, 14–6, by those same Redskins in the NFL Championship game.
After his career was ended by a leg injury, Pool served as a player-coach for the Fort Pierce Naval Amphibious Base during the final two years of World War II, while also working as an underwater demolition officer. His 1943 unit finished undefeated, and in 1944, he made news when he refused to wear jersey number 14 out of respect for Green Bay Packers' standout Don Hutson. "No. 14 is Don Hutson's number, and nobody else should have that, certainly not me", said Pool.
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