Alex Hall (footballer)

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Alex Hall
Personal information
Birth ,
Recruited from Essendon (VFA)
Playing career¹
Debut 1898, Essendon vs. , at
Team(s) Essendon (1898-1900; 1902)

27 games, 19 goals

St Kilda (1906) 1 games, 0 goals

Coaching career¹
Team(s) St Kilda (1906)

Melbourne (1907-1909; 1911-1914)

Richmond (1910)

Hawthorn (1925)

¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career highlights

Alex 'Joker' Hall was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the VFA in 1891 to 1896 then in the VFL from 1898 to 1900 and again in 1902. In 1906, his first year of coaching in the VFL, he played his only game for the St Kilda Football Club (under the assumed name of Wyberg). He went on to coach Melbourne (twice), Richmond and was Hawthorn's coach in their inaugural season in the VFL.

[edit] References

  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996