Harry Hall (footballer, born 1900)

Harry Hall (4 May 1897 – 23 June 1924) was an English footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Lincoln City and Darlington.[1]

Harry Hall
Personal information
Full name Harry Hall[1]
Date of birth (1897-05-04)4 May 1897
Place of birth Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England
Date of death 23 June 1924(1924-06-23) (aged 27)
Place of death Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Pinxton
1921–1922 Lincoln City 19 (0)
1923 Darlington 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hall was born in 1897 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, son of Charley Hall and Harriet Ann (née Kemp).[2]

In the 1920–21 season, Hall played for Pinxton in the Derbyshire Senior League.[3] Towards the end of the season, he joined Midland League club Lincoln City on trial.[4] Having produced a good performance for the club's reserves, he made his senior debut on 30 April 1921 against Rotherham County.[5] His corner led to Lincoln's opening goal in a 2–1 win that confirmed the club as champions,[6] he was signed up for the season to come,[3] and played in the remaining two matches of the Midland League season.[7]

Lincoln were elected to the Third Division North, newly formed for 1921–22, and Hall made 16 appearances that season.[7] He then signed for Third Division runners-up Darlington.[8] He played in the first half of the campaign, but by December had lost his place to Thompson Kirkham,[9] and finished the season with one goal from 13 league appearances.[1]

Hall died of tuberculosis in 1924 at his parents' home in Beeston, Nottinghamshire.[10] His only child, Frank, also succumbed to tuberculosis in 1927, and they are buried in the same unmarked grave in Beeston Cemetery.

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. "Optimists of the North: Darlington". Athletic News. Manchester. 6 August 1923. p. 6.
  3. "Sporting items". Daily Mail. Hull. 4 May 1921. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "1921 Census of England and Wales". Beeston, Nottinghamshire: The National Archives. RG 15/15870, schedule 231 – via FindMyPast.
  5. "To-morrow's football". Lincolnshire Echo. 29 April 1921. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Midland League. Lincoln City v. Rotherham Co". Lincolnshire Echo. 30 April 1921. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Harry Hall". Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2014. For appearances by season, use Season Stats dropdown menu at foot of right-hand sidebar.
  8. "Sporting items". Daily Mail. Hull. 12 July 1923. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "To-day's football. Lincoln". Lincolnshire Echo. 8 December 1923. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Deaths". Beeston Gazette and Echo. Beeston. 28 June 1924. p. 8.


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