Jack Hall (footballer, born 1883)

John Henry Hall (3 July 1883 – 20 February 1949) was an English professional footballer who played more than 200 games in the Football League as an inside forward or centre forward.[2][3]

For the Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur player, see Jack Hall (footballer born 1912).

Jack Hall
Personal information
Full name John Henry Hall
Date of birth (1883-07-03)3 July 1883
Place of birth Hucknall, England
Date of death 20 February 1949(1949-02-20) (aged 65)
Place of death Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1]
Position(s) Inside forward / centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Newark
1904–1906 Stoke 53 (18)
1906–1908 Brighton & Hove Albion 83 (49)
1908–1910 Middlesbrough 59 (30)
1910 Leicester Fosse 15 (5)
1910–1915 Birmingham 97 (47)
1915–1918 Hucknall Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Hall was born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. After trials with Nottingham Forest and Mansfield Town, he turned professional with Stoke in October 1904.[4] He played more than 50 games in the Football League, scoring 18 goals before joining Brighton & Hove Albion in 1906. He was their leading scorer in the two seasons he spent with the club, with 28 and 26 goals respectively in all competitions.[5] In all domestic league competitions, he scored 38 goals from 67 games in the Southern League, 6 from 9 in the United League, and 5 from 7 in the Western League.[3]

In April 1908, Hall signed for Middlesbrough for a £700 fee. At the time, there was a £350 cap on transfer fees, so clubs evaded the problem by including a second player as a makeweight in the deal, valuing him at the difference between £350 and the fee required. The makeweight in this case was Harry Kent, a centre-half who played only six times for Middlesbrough before returning to the Southern League with Watford. Middlesbrough were nevertheless fined £100 over the transaction, as Hall's Football League registration was still held by Stoke.[3] Hall was Middlesbrough's top scorer in both the seasons with that club, in 1908–09 and 1909–10.[4]

After a brief spell with Leicester Fosse he moved to Birmingham, where he was yet again his club's leading scorer in his first two seasons, 1910–11 (despite not joining the club until December 1910) and 1911–12.[4] After retiring from football, Hall became the landlord of The Small Heath Tavern in Birmingham, where he remained until his death in 1949.[3]

Career statistics

Source:[6]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke 1904–05 First Division 25700257
1905–06 First Division 2811203011
Total 5318205518
Brighton & Hove Albion 1906–07 Southern League
1907–08 Southern League
Total 83498649
Middlesbrough 1908–09 First Division 3018103118
1909–10 First Division 2912203112
Total 5930306230
Leicester Fosse 1910–11 Second Division 15500155
Birmingham 1910–11 Second Division 1913212114
1911–12 Second Division 3521203721
1912–13 Second Division 22810238
1913–14 Second Division 17510185
1914–15 Second Division 400040
Total 97476110348
Career total 307149111320150

References
  1. Old Blue (29 August 1914). "The 1914–15 season at hand". Sports Argus. Birmingham. p. 1.
  2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 111. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. Carder, Tim & Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 105. ISBN 0-9521337-1-7.
  4. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  5. Carder & Harris, p. 338.
  6. Jack Hall at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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