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Jim Poole

Poole, James Eugene
Height: 6-2 Weight: 218
Born: September 9, 1915 Gloster, MS
Died: November 16, 1994 Oxford, MS
High School: Natchez (MS)

Year	College	Status
1933	Mississippi
1934	Mississippi	Lettered
1935	Mississippi	Lettered
1936	Mississippi	Lettered

Draft: 7th round (64th overall) 1937 New York Giants

Military Service: United States Navy

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1937 New York Giants (NFL)1937 NYG NFL	23	LOE-LDE	11	9
1938 New York Giants (NFL)1938 NYG NFL	23	LOE-LDE	11	10
1939 New York Giants (NFL)1939 NYG NFL	23	LOE-LDE	11	11
1940 New York Giants (NFL)1940 NYG NFL	23	LOE-LDE	11	11
1941 New York Giants (NFL)1941 NYG NFL	23	LOE-LDE	11	11
1945 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1945 CHIC NFL	48	LOE-LDE	9	4
1945 New York Giants (NFL)1945 NYG NFL	23	LOE-LDE	3	1
1945 Year (NFL)1945 Year NFL			12	5
1946 New York Giants (NFL)1946 NYG NFL	80	LOE-LDE	11	11
7 Years (NFL)7 Years NFL			78	68

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	12/12/1936	1937 New York Giants (NFL)1937 NYG NFL
Signed	8/10/1937	1937 New York Giants (NFL)1937 NYG NFL
Free Agent	8/1/1941	1940 New York Giants (NFL)1940 NYG NFL
Signed	7/24/1941	1941 New York Giants (NFL)1941 NYG NFL
Free Agent		1941 New York Giants (NFL)1941 NYG NFL
Signed		1945 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1945 CHIC NFL
Released		1945 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1945 CHIC NFL
Signed		1945 New York Giants (NFL)1945 NYG NFL
Free Agent	8/1/1947	1946 New York Giants (NFL)1946 NYG NFL

AWARDS
1939 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1939 United Press All-NFL
1939 International News Service All-NFL
1939 Official All-NFL
1940 United Press All-NFL
1940 International News Service All-NFL
1946 Associated Press All-NFL
1946 Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL
1946 Associated Press All-Pro

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1937 New York Giants (NFL)1937 NYG NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0			-	0	12
1938 New York Giants (NFL)1938 NYG NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1940 New York Giants (NFL)1940 NYG NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1941 New York Giants (NFL)1941 NYG NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1945 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1945 CHIC NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1945 Year (NFL)1945 Year NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1946 New York Giants (NFL)1946 NYG NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	14	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	84

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1937 New York Giants (NFL)1937 NYG NFL		5		79	15.8	38t	2		2	0
1938 New York Giants (NFL)1938 NYG NFL		7		98	14.0	32	1			0
1939 New York Giants (NFL)1939 NYG NFL		7		99	14.1		0
1940 New York Giants (NFL)1940 NYG NFL		10		156	15.6		3
1941 New York Giants (NFL)1941 NYG NFL		6		74	12.3	16t	2		0	0
1945 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1945 CHIC NFL		6		82	13.7	29t	2			0	0
1945 Year (NFL)1945 Year NFL		6		82	13.7	29t	2			0	0
1946 New York Giants (NFL)1946 NYG NFL		24		307	12.8	31t	3			0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		71		977	13.8	38t	15		2	0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1941 New York Giants (NFL)1941 NYG NFL	1	16	16.0	16	0
1945 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1945 CHIC NFL	1	28	28.0	28	0
1945 Year (NFL)1945 Year NFL	1	28	28.0	28	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	44	22.0	28	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1945 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1945 CHIC NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1945 Year (NFL)1945 Year NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1946 New York Giants (NFL)1946 NYG NFL	1		1	3	4	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	0	1	4	5	0	0

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