Brian Hall (footballer, born 1939)

Brian Samuel Hall (9 March 1939 – September 2002) was an English footballer who played for Mansfield Town and Colchester United between 1958 and 1973.[1]

Brian Hall
Personal information
Full name Brian Samuel Hall
Date of birth (1939-03-09)9 March 1939
Place of birth Burbage, England
Date of death 2002 (aged 6263)
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1958 Belper Town
1958–1965 Mansfield Town 72 (19)
1965–1973 Colchester United 328 (27)
1973 Chelmsford City 28 (1)
1973–1974 Wimbledon 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hall made 361 appearances and scored 38 goals in eight years with Colchester. Originally an attacking left-side player, he spent much of his career as a left-back known for his dribbling skill when overlapping down the left wing. He was a great crowd favourite and was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. After football, he ran a local sports shop with Ray Crawford that lasted for only two years. He died in September 2002 at the age of 63.[2]

References

  1. "Brian Hall". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  2. "Caught in Time". Rob Maul. Times Online. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
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