Alex Hall (footballer)
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Personal information | |
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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.
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- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996