| Birth name | Norman MacLeod Hall | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 August 1925 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 June 1972 (aged 46) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | (registered in) Paddington, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Norman MacLeod "Nim" Hall (2 August 1925 – 25 June 1972) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1947 to 1955.[1] He also captained his country.[1]
Early life
Nim Hall was born on 2 August 1925 in Huddersfield[1] and attended Worksop College a public school in North Nottinghamshire where he first started playing rugby at the age of 11. Whilst at Worksop, Hall represented North of Thames Public Schools and was widely regarded as one of the finest schoolboy rugby players of the early 1940s. The Worksop College Rugby team of 1941/1942 of which Hall played a major part were voted schoolboy rugby team of the year alongside Bedford School, with Hall contributing 129 points out of a total of 403 for the season.[2]
After school
After leaving Worksop College in 1943 Hall enlisted with the Royal Signals[3] and played rugby for St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Paddington[4] and the Army representative team.[3]
Rugby union career
Hall made his international debut on 18 January 1947 at Cardiff Arms Park in the Wales vs England match.[1] Of the 17 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on nine occasions.[1] He played his final match for England on 12 February 1955 at Lansdowne Road in the Ireland vs England match.[1]
Death
Nim Hall died on 25 June 1972 at Paddington Hospital in London after a short illness.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nim Hall Profile on scrum.com
- ↑ "Worksop College rugby 1941-1942". blog.simonlangley.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- 1 2 "International Caps – Army Players". armyrugbyunion.org.uk.
- ↑ "St Mary's Paddington a rugby powerhouse". Daily Telegraph. 20 March 2008.