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

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]

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. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. 1 2 "Optimists of the North: Darlington". Athletic News. Manchester. 6 August 1923. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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